October Horror Challenge - Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon (2026)

 Synopsis

Ten years after the events of the first film Brodie is a single loser living with Giles (who survived having his arm ripped off in the first film). To win back Medina and pay his bills he uses pages from the Black Hymn to bring Zakk and Dion back as zombies. Of course nothing could go wrong with this plan...

Review

I was extremely excited for this movie and ended up thoroughly fucking disappointed. The first film had charm. The characters were high school outcast, but there hearts were in the right place. This film straight up commits character suicide on Brodie, Giles, and Dion. Brodie and Giles become the useless metal-head losers everyone. Instead of a hero, Brodie is an awful person who doesn't care how many innocents are killed via his dangerous (and stupid) plan. Giles is a clueless asshole that tortures his zombified best friend, which turns said zombie into the villain of the film. Ultimately all the people that judged our protagonists in the first flick were right.

Beyond the above mentioned character assassination, this film has a mean streak too. There's a definite anti-woke slant that wasn't as funny as the film tries to make it out to be. Also the one genuinely good, not traumatized character gets killed off to be the butt of a stupid joke. Speaking of mean, do you want to see an extended scene of dicks being cut-off or smashed? This movie has one. 

There are a few bright spots. Kimberly Crossman is still charming and funny as Medina. There's an extended meta gag about them not playing D&D because they couldn't afford the license to call it that. Also despite everything, the ending made me smile. 

Ultimately I'm just going to pretend like this movie doesn't exist. 

In Your Game

Vocavitique Rex Daemonia Virtutem Fortuna Hymnus Nigrum aka Summoning the King of Demons, A Black Hymn for Gaining Power and Fortune aka The Black Hymn

This demonic bit of sheet music, when played in full will summon Aeloth the Blind One, King of Demons. Use the Greater Demon stats from Dark Places & Demogorgons if he is summoned. While demonic, the Bruiser Human Adversary is appropriate for his eyeless demons. 

While playing the entire hymn is definitely a bad idea, if a metalhead were to get a hold of it, they could use it to bolster the power of their summoned demon (granting it Toughness +4).

Additionally the parts of the hymn can be used to create intelligent or semi-intelligent zombies.  

October Horror Movie Challenge 2026

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