{"id":341022,"date":"2025-12-10T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341022\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:00:09","slug":"just-in-time-for-christmas-nic-cages-jesus-horror-movie-comes-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341022\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in Time for Christmas, Nic Cage’s Jesus Horror Movie Comes Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, a Nicolas Cage-starring oddity will break through and catch mainstream attention. That happened with Mandy and Pig, keeping Cage\u2019s cult bona fides alive even as he starred in bigger (but still weird) films with heftier marketing budgets, like Longlegs<\/a> and Dream Scenario.<\/p>\n

But sometimes, a worthy but daring Cage film will slip through the cracks. Not enough people saw 2024\u2019s The Surfer, for instance\u2014and it seems that despite its out-there premise<\/a>, The Carpenter\u2019s Son<\/a> also failed to achieve much notice. That may change, however, now that it\u2019s on digital. It also would make for some delightfully subversive holiday movie programming.<\/p>\n

Now available on Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango, and more (see platforms here<\/a>), writer-director Lotfy Nathan\u2019s The Carpenter\u2019s Son is succinctly described as a Jesus horror movie, with Cage playing the future religious icon\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

The official description: \u201cA 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\u2019s 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\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s real name: Satan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Carpenter\u2019s Son got some viral attention for the unique pronunciation of Satan that popped up in the trailers (\u201cSuhtan\u201d), and perhaps now that it\u2019s widely available for home viewing, it will achieve the meme status it\u2019s clearly destined for.<\/p>\n

Will you be checking out The Carpenter\u2019s Son this festive season and adding some unhinged Nic Cage to your yule?<\/p>\n

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