2015
Director- Jason Lei Howden
Cast- Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman
The
relationship between Satanism and heavy metal has always been there, whether it
be real or imagined. Paranoid parents groups in the 1980s imagined Satanic
acronyms hidden in band names and messages hidden in backwards playing records.
Ironically, while parents were worried about top 40 acts like KISS and ACDC, there really were acts
espousing demonic messages that flourished, unbeknownst to the middle class
church groups (King Diamond anyone?)
All of those under the radar groups of the 1980s eventually spawned the Death
Metal and Black Metal movements of today (which would have probably literally
scared those 80s PTA moms to death). It is that music, and it’s attending
culture, that Dethgasm simultaneously
makes fun of and pays homage to.
Brodie
is forced to move in with his uncle in a new town after his mom gets arrested
for trying to fellate a mall Santa while on a meth binge. His long stringy hair
and combat boots immediately mark him as an outsider in the small town. He forms a friendship with the town hoodlum,
Zakk who is also a metal aficionado like Brodie. The object of Brodie’s
affection is Medina, a preppy blonde who is the girlfriend of Brodie’s
douchebag cousin.
Zakk and
Brodie form a garage band, Dethgasm and, while burgling the house of a local burned out metal head, they get their
hands on The Black Hymn, a piece of
sheet music that, when played, summons a demon that will destroy the world.
After getting his ass kicked by his douche cousin, Brodie decides it’s time for
demonic intervention and plays the hymn hoping to be granted super powers. What
he gets is a town over run by demons and a group of Satanists chasing him,
trying to steal the music. Brodie, Zakk, and Medina must fight the hellish
hordes with whatever weapons they can find, whether they be power tools or
double headed dildos.
If the
movie sounds silly, that’s because it is. There is not one part of this film
that should be taken seriously. It is a fun movie with some really nice gore.
The dialogue is cleaver and it manages to poke fun at both horror movies and
heavy metal while still showing obvious love for both genres.
In
America, the movie was released through Wal-Mart as Heavy Metal Apocalypse.
Don’t be afraid to pick it up, it is literally the same movie complete with the
Dethgasm opening title. Only the DVD
cover was changed, though I’m not sure why.
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