I haven't heard much anything about 'Deathgasm' going in, but it turned out to be amusing flick. Set in New Zealand, the film follows high school misfit and metalhead Brodie (Milo Cawthorne) as his mother is sent to an asylum for sucking off a Santa Claus or something while on meth. He is then sent to live with his Christian aunt and uncle and their asshole son. Could life get any more lame?

Brodie quickly meets Zakk at a record store and the two start a band with some D&D nerds, all while Brodie is also crushing on his asshole cousin's girlfriend Medina, who's undeniably attracted to Milo (he is kinda cute, in an awkward metalhead sort of way). So things are looking up for ol' Milo, until Zakk brings him along to steal some supposedly epic metal record from some washed up musician living in a shitty house nearby. The record contains some sheet music that the band, calling themselves 'Deathgasm', unwittingly decide to play. Before you know it, all hell breaks loose. Literally!

The film is like a metalhead's version of Evil Dead in the sense that reading/playing the writings/music of an ancient evil text summons demons that can possess one's soul, and the result usually winds up being excessively gory. Plus, there's a lot of chainsaw action. And axes, both the literal kind and the guitar kind. Throw in a few dicks, dildos, and anal beads and that's what heavy metal is all about. Right?


P.S. And wouldn't you know it, Milo Cawthorne had a small role in Ash vs. Evil Dead! How about that!