Ahead of its release next week, Magnolia Pictures has premiered a new trailer for the dark supernatural thriller feature “The Carpenter’s Son”. The ‘young Jesus horror’ film and stars Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, Isla Johnston and FKA twigs.
The project is inspired by the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas,’ a 2nd-century AD text recounting the childhood of Jesus.
A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces. 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.
Lotfy Nathan penned and directed the project. Cage, Julie Viez, Alex Hughes and Riccardo Maddalosso produce the film that launches in cinemas on November 14th.
