The New Zealand Dildo Massacre: Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm

Dismembered limbs, demons summoned by sheet music, sex toys used as weapons and world-saving metal music – all of these and more create the horror and hilarity of Deathgasm. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas speaks to director Jason Lei Howden about the genesis of his film and its place within a supposed 'new wave' of New Zealand horror-comedies.

Additional keywords: Peter Jackson, splatstick, black comedy, dark humour, What We Do in the Shadows, Housebound, Ant Timpson.