Film Review – Deathgasm

Horror and heavy metal are natural companions, with their shared interest in demonic events lending itself to perverse genre interests. The New Zealand production “Deathgasm” takes a more comedic route to blood-soaked events, but it manages to stay respectful of the wilds of extreme music and the wonders of cinematic hellraising. A Cannibal Corpse album cover come to life, “Deathgasm” is a wily creation from writer/director Jason Lei Howden (a visual effects artist making his helming debut) that’s teeming with humor and gore, generating a sufficient ordeal of Satanic bedlam while tending to the nuances of life as a metalhead. It’s extreme, but the movie is undeniably fun — absolute cat nip for those who demand their dark adventures cover the limb-tearing basics. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com