The VelociPastor

The VelociPastor (2018)

A man of the claw

After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a prostitute convinces him to fight crime. And ninjas.

Date of release
2018-09-28
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (279)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Action, Horror, Comedy
Director
Brendan Steere
Collection
The Velocipastor Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The VelociPastor is a 2017 American comedy horror film written, directed, and edited by Brendan Steere. The plot follows pastor Doug Jones who becomes infected by an artifact, resulting in him turning into a velociraptor when he becomes angry. After screening at the B-Movie, Underground, and Trash (BUT) Film Festival on August 31, 2018, the film received a wide release in the United States on August 13, 2019, by Wild Eye Releasing.

Production

Brendan Steere came up with the idea in 2010 while he was attending the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, after his phone autocorrected "Velociraptor" to "Veloci Pastor". As a class project, Steere made a short film of fake exploitation trailers which included The VelociPastor. His prior YouTube videos had around 45 views each, but the class project received around 45,000 views, resulting in the feature film idea.

From 2011 to 2016, two attempts to crowdfund were made, first through Kickstarter and then through Seed&Spark. The film received funding from a private investor that the mother of Steere's friend knew.

Filmed on a budget of $36,000, Steere was influenced by director Guillermo del Toro.

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