10 Movie Priests Who Totally Kicked Ass

By Jesse Gumbarge /

2. Father McGruder €“ Braindead (1992)

Before The Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter Jackson rose to substantial fame with this gory and bloody cult classic. Braindead (also known as Dead/Alive) is Jackson at his most frenzied and demented. The movie features a rabid Sumatran rat-monkey, a pack of zombies, and of course a kung fu priest. Stuart Devenie plays Father Jon McGruder and with the greatest quote ever €“ "I kick ass for the Lord" €“ he forever cemented his status as one of the most kick ass religious characters of all time. If you want to see a Priest battle a bunch of zombies, then this is the movie for you. After some €œdivine intervention€ McGruder springs into action and proceeds to beat the crap out of a bunch of zombies. He employs some rapid and impressive kung-fu moves that would impress Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the entire cast of The Raid. He utilises spin kicks, promptly taking off a zombie€™s head and slamming another zombie into a grave headstone. With all that said, we'd want to officially elect Father Jon McGruder for the new Pope. Hell, it would certainly make Conclave very interesting.