Nicolas Cage has become his own genre at this point, and for every risky triumph (Longlegs, Dream Scenario , Mandy) or intriguing lurch into the edgier fringes of the mainstream ( Renfield , the upcoming Spider-Noir series), there have been several misfires. It remains to be seen where The Carpenter’s Son will fall, but the premise is bonkers enough to make us pay attention. Yes, this is the Jesus horror movie, and the first teaser is here. It’s short, but it’s still extremely unnerving.

We first learned of this film over a year ago, when Deadline explained it would explore “the rarely told story of the childhood of Jesus with a horror take,” noting that writer-director Lotfy Nathan drew “inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas for the screenplay. Dating

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