Howden can be hugely entertaining when he mixes some brains and heart in with the guts and gore, which is about half the time - mostly, the first half.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 6, 2015

An unhinged horror comedy ...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 22, 2015

It's the rare over-the-top horror show that's also brimming with heart. Even if that heart is being ripped from somebody's chest.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2015

The director and his stars commit to the insanity of their project.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 2, 2015

In between the rampant four-letter words and the occasional partial nudity are likable attempts at humor - some sweet, some saucy.

| Oct 1, 2015

The gross hordes of undead spew humours and inner organs all over the screen in outstandingly nauseating ways.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 1, 2015

For everyone already inclined to see a heavy-metal-themed New Zealand horror-comedy called Deathgasm, here's some good news: The movie is exactly what it promises to be.

| Original Score: B | Sep 30, 2015

Confident and giddily brutal.

| Sep 29, 2015

Director Jason Lei Howden has a flair for punchlines that are funny for reasons that are essentially impossible to describe.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 27, 2015

Shamelessly low-brow, reaching a beer-fueled gleeful high with a zombie-vs.-sex toys battle, it's a very metal tribute to the grand tradition of Kiwi splatter comedies.

| Sep 14, 2015

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.

| Mar 23, 2015