Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- campy
- irreverent
- absurd
- cult movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the film as a highly entertaining, self-aware, and hysterically absurd cult comedy despite its limited cinematic sophistication.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film seriously presents a priest who transforms into a velociraptor and battles criminals and ninjas, while inviting the audience to enjoy the premise's ridiculousness.
The short independent production combines a bizarre hook, campy performances, action spectacle, horror elements, and ninja-film conventions.
A grieving priest uses his supernatural dinosaur ability to fight crime after being encouraged by Carol.
Priestly drama, dinosaur transformation, horror, crime fighting, and ninja action coexist within the same compact story.
Films like The VelociPastor, and why
Kung Fury
shares self-aware camp, absurd genre collisions, and deliberately low-budget comedy horror
Hobo with a Shotgun
shares outrageous premise, cult sensibility, irreverent humor, and heightened genre violence
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
shares knowingly ludicrous action-horror, exaggerated performances, and exploitation-film energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Brendan Steere
- Release Date
- 2018-09-28
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (270)
Cast
- Gregory James Cohan
- Alyssa Kempinski
- Daniel Steere
- Fernando Pacheco de Castro
- Aurelio Voltaire
- Yang Jiechang
- Jesse Turits
- Zachary Steere
- Claire Hsu
- David Sokol
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The VelociPastor about?
- A grieving priest becomes a velociraptor-powered vigilante in a gloriously ridiculous collision of horror, ninja action, and B-movie comedy.
- What is The VelociPastor like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The VelociPastor as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The VelociPastor violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The VelociPastor as moderate.
- What did critics think of The VelociPastor?
- Critics broadly viewed the film as a highly entertaining, self-aware, and hysterically absurd cult comedy despite its limited cinematic sophistication.
- Which films are like The VelociPastor?
- Films with a similar feel include Kung Fury, Hobo with a Shotgun, and Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.
- How long is The VelociPastor?
- The VelociPastor runs 75 minutes.
- Where can I watch The VelociPastor?
- In United States, The VelociPastor is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
