SummaryHigh School is Hell! Metal-thrashing Brodie is an outcast in a sea of jocks and cheerleaders until he meets a kindred spirit in fellow metalhead Zakk. After starting their own band, Brodie and Zakk’s resentment of the suburban wasteland leads them to a mysterious piece of sheet music said to grant Ultimate Power to whoever plays it. But the music... Read More
Directed By:Jason Howden
Written By:Jason Howden
Deathgasm
Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
80% Positive
8 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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Sep 27, 2015
80
Jason Lei Howden's directorial debut is primed for unalloyed genre thrills, making you laugh until your sides hurt and subverting the rom-zom-com format.
Oct 22, 2015
70
Deathgasm is a giddy avalanche of gore and heavy metal-drenched mayhem that takes itself not even a tiny bit seriously.
User score
Generally Favorable
46% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
41% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
12% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Aug 29, 2020
9
cool movie, went into it blind and had enjoyed what it had to show and would watch it again watch for your self and judge for yourself
Jan 15, 2016
7
This movie was really cool, quite a low budget spectacle but cool. I cared about the general story and all of the characters which is a very valuable part of enjoying a film. Music is a great part of this movie and should be acknowledged greatly. Well done.
Oct 1, 2015
70
In between the rampant four-letter words and the occasional partial nudity are likable attempts at humor — some sweet, some saucy.
Oct 7, 2015
67
Peppered with clever, self-referential one-liners that whip by almost too fast to catch them, Deathgasm is – like most metalheads/punks/Morrissey fans – a helluva lot smarter than one might at first suspect.
Oct 2, 2015
63
Gorehounds need not worry that a movie called Deathgasm plays it safe. This is a defiantly, well, metal movie.
Oct 1, 2015
60
A dopey splatterfest that features one-dimensional characters and a draggy first act that’s eventually won over by creatively immature gross-outs and absurd violence.
Sep 27, 2015
60
This amiably dumb feature debut for New Zealand writer-director Jason Lei Howden could have used some additional polish on the scripting side to bump its bad-taste humor up from the routinely to the inspirationally silly.
Dec 14, 2018
6
Deathgasm is a funny movie and if you are metalhead you will like it. However, this film has many flaws: a bad script, a practically non-existent development of characters, a horrible action with bad shots and some very basic and clichéd special effects.
Nov 7, 2016
6
Bloody, gory movie meets teen death metal story meets typical awkward high school boy meets prettiest girl in school film. What a mash up! Guess if I was 50 years younger I would have given it a higher score.
Sep 12, 2016
2
Listen, I am a horror fan, a metal fan, and a comedy fan. And this movie still didn't work for me. The comedy is pretty much all gross-out sex jokes (which is fine but this comes off just super immature and lame) and the characters aren't even really likable. I'm almost positive I didn't even laugh once. There are better stoner metal movies and better horror comedies out there. Don't waste your time.
Production Company:
- Metalheads
- MPI Media Group
- New Zealand Film Commission
- Timpson Films
Release Date:Oct 2, 2015
Duration:1 h 26 m
Tagline:Evil is coming...
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Awards
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
• 8 Wins & 8 Nominations
New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II)
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Fright Meter Awards
• 3 Nominations
