What if the story of Jesus was reimagined as a gothic horror film?
The story of Jesus would never work as a horror film. or would it? Hold my beer, says Lotfy Nathan, who with The Carpenter’s Son has managed to weave together something daring and unique — with none other than Nicolas Cage in the role of Joseph.
This first trailer offers us a glimpse of the darkness and madness that awaits, with Nathan himself citing inspiration from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas — an apocryphal text that depicts Jesus’ childhood in alternative versions beyond the canonical gospels.
