Making a horror movie about Jesus Christ was never going to be easy, though Lotfy Nathan, the writer and director of The Carpenter’s Son , isn’t so sure his movie is truly a horror film . “I think the label is a bit tricky,” he says. “But it does tow the line.”

The Carpenter’s Son , now in theaters, has a straightforward premise. It follows Jesus ( Noah Jupe ) at 15 as he begins to discover his healing abilities. Temptation arrives in the form of a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston), who tries to sow doubt about the identity of Jesus’ real parentage, as a conflict grows between the son and his carpenter father Joseph.

Though the film is about Jesus, Mary ( FKA twigs ), and Joseph ( Nicholas Cage ), it never refers to them by name, instead calling them the son, the mother, and

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