{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F1b6063c1-ebc9-4a6b-acaa-47c8f16ed530","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Dark Discussions Podcast - Episode 477 - DEATHGASM (2015)","description":"\nNew Zealand is oddly not thought of as a hotbed for genre cinema, and yet some of the biggest directors and stars come from there as well as set locations and special effects.\u00a0 But even the smaller film get noticed.\u00a0 And one of them was 2015\u2019s DEATHGASM, a film about the \u201cnerd\u201d and outcast who gravitates to heavy metal music.\u00a0 But what if the cult-like symbolism of the bands, music, and albums actually lead to the summoning of demons and succubuses.\u00a0\n\n\n\nWhen high schooler, Brodie, moves in with his fundamentalist Christian uncle\u2019s family, he begins a friendship with Zakk, a record store clerk.\u00a0 The two along with friends Dion and Giles form a heavy metal band called Deathgasm. They have a strange encounter with a former music star who gives them a special record album.\u00a0 Their band covers the album song The Black Hymn.\u00a0 Unfortunately the song is actually a hidden spell that unleashes a group of demons and cultist into the world.\u00a0 With Brodie\u2019s beautiful girlfriend Medina, the band tries to stop the apocalypse from destroying the world.\n\n\n\nWith its coming of age story, and its over the top monsters, nudity, and gore, DEATHGASM became an immediate cult classic on its release.\u00a0 The movie was brought to North America and Europe and gained even more fans.\u00a0 Dark Discussions takes a look at this film, chosen by one of the podcast\u2019s Patreon supporters, and gives their thought on this horror comedy.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/11c708c5-3f35-43ea-b06f-8a88ba0c2b74/dark-discussions-3000x3000-zombie-graveyard-1-scaled.jpg"}