Unnsettling New Trailer For Nicolas Cage’s Biblical Horror Movie THE CARPENTER'S SON
Magnolia Pictures has shared a new trailer for The Carpenter’s Son, which is a wild horror reimagining of the childhood of Jesus. The film stars Nicolas Cage as the Carpenter, FKA twigs as Mary, and Noah Jupe as a young Jesus, with a story that mixes faith, fear, and supernatural terror.
In this trailer, a young woman encourages Jesus Christ to ignore several portents of evil. The movie is written and directed by Lotfy Nathan, drawing inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas. It looks like it’s going to deliver a haunting blend of biblical themes and psychological horror.
Magnolia’s synopsis describes it like this: “A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces in The Carpenter’s Son. Joseph (Nicolas Cage), Mary (FKA twigs) and their teenage son Jesus (Noah Jupe) have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions.
“But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston) tries to entice young Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work.
“Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan.
“Writer and director Lotfy Nathan, drawing from his Coptic Christian background, delivers a meticulously crafted, genre-bending supernatural thriller packed with unshakeable images of the divine and demonic at war.”
Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley praised Nathan’s vision, saying: “With The Carpenter’s Son, Lotfy Nathan has delivered a genre-bending spectacle that defies expectations at every turn.”
The movie is set to hit theater on Novemeber 14th.