Brodie Anderson

Albert (Uncle)

Mary (Aunt)

David (Cousin)

**Brodie** is the main protagonist in Deathgasm.

## Biography

Brodie comes live with his Uncle Albert in Greypoint after his father dies and his mother is institutionalized. Uncle Albert's conservative Christian ideals clash with Brodie's metalhead lifestyle. Other classmates, notably his cousin David, bully him in high school. Brodie's only friends are the geeks Dion and Giles, but he subsequently meets and befriends Zakk, a fellow metalhead. The four decide to form Deathgasm, a metal band. Brodie is surprised when the lovely Medina expresses interest in him and invites him out on a date, but he is too nervous to kiss her.

Brodie is persuaded by Zakk to go into an abandoned house in search of metal musician Rikki Daggers. They discover him dozing inside with a record in his hand. He offers them the record and urges them to depart after accidently waking him up. Daggers is later killed by a man named Vadin.

Brodie discovers the Black Hymn hidden within the record's cover, and Deathgasm plays the tune, resulting in flickering lights and Uncle Albert hyperventilating and bleeding from his eyes, before Brodie comes to a halt. The next day at school, Brodie translates the Latin writing on the sheet, saying, "The black hymn. Play it to invoke the demon." Medina locates Zakk and passes him a note with a message to meet at the local park; Zakk keeps the note and tells Brodie that she no longer wants to see her before they kiss.

Brodie deduces that the Black Hymn is linked to dark energies, and in order to exact vengeance on his tormentors, he finishes the Black Hymn with Deathgasm. When the band is knocked out, they discover something is off when they wake up. Brodie sees cult member Terry at school and is threatened by him, while Mr. Capenhurst begins bleeding and vomiting blood. After meeting with Zakk to tell him about Terry's encounter, the two are assaulted by Zakk's possessed father, whom they manage to murder. Dion, Giles, and Medina also fight the possessed and hide in the school's panic room, leaving a note on Brodie's door about their whereabouts. In an attempt to figure out what is going on, Zakk and Brodie meet with fortune teller Abigail, who informs them that by playing the hymn, they have summoned the demon Aeloth, and that the residents of town have been possessed by Aeloth's minions, who are killing everyone in order to prepare for Aeloth's arrival. Aeloth will combine with the most vile human present by 3 a.m. She is killed by two of the possessed before she can teach them how to stop Aeloth's summons.

Zakk refuses to battle Aeloth and instead chooses to observe the town's demise from a nearby hill, but Brodie persuades him to aid under the assumption that the summoning will be undone if the Black Hymn is played backwards. They drive to Brodie's house to get the music sheets, but the wind blows them away, and Zakk takes the note that Medina left. The two decide to look for the sheets after killing Uncle Albert and David. Zakk and Brodie return to the school after locating the sheets, where they reunite with Dion, Giles, and Medina. Brodie confronts Zakk after seeing his jacket in Medina's bag; Zakk reveals that he isn't interested in Medina and only wanted to do it for fun. Zakk emerges triumphant from the struggle and decides to leave town.

The surviving four go to Daggers' house to perform the song, but they are stopped by the cult, who kidnap the band and tear the sheets apart. Brodie starts playing the Black Hymn backwards while the rest of the band defends him; they murder a few cult members, but Dion and Giles are slain. Brodie is unable to complete the game, and Aeloth inhabits Shanna's body, which is quickly slain by Zakk. Aeloth, however, takes possession of Zakk's body because he is the most evil of them all. Brodie understands it's too late to finish the song, so he just plays heavy metal with zeal. Brodie's music leads Zakk to collapse and revert to his human form, and Zakk persuades Brodie to kill him in order to prevent Aeloth's revival.

Brodie and Medina are a happy death metal-loving couple in Greypoint a few months later. Brodie plays a record, and Zakk's spirit plays a practical joke to make it appear as if Aeloth has returned. Brodie and Zakk discuss what hell is like in a post-credits scene, speaking through the stereo system's turntable.

## Victims

1. Zakk's Dad Ron - The real machine head (Head crushed by engine)
2. Uncle Albert - Serious case of cockjaw (Jaw torn off by dildo)
3. Aunt Mary - Peter cotton-impaled (Skewered by vibrator)
4. David - David Owie (Decapitated by chainsaw)
5. Demon #1 - Fornicus cosplay
6. Demon #2 - A dickapitation
7. Zakk - For the greater good (Throat slit by Brodie)

## Trivia

* Although his surname is never mentioned, his mother's full name was shown to be Miriam June Anderson.