Protest “The Carpenter’s Son” Movie
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A blasphemous horror film about the youth of “Jesus” is being released by Magnolia Pictures in Fall of 2025. There is no specified release date, and descriptions of the film are short and enigmatic. But everything indicates that the movie will be a horror-style picture centered around the Holy Family.
Titled “The Carpenter’s Son,” reports state that the movie will be about “Joseph” and an unhinged, youthful “Jesus,” who is rebellious against his foster-father during the Holy Family’s sojourn in Egypt.
The film is based off the gnostic, apocryphal “Infancy Gospel of Saint Thomas,” which relates bizarre miracles of a young Jesus, including causing children to wither into corpses or blinding others in revenge. This “gospel” text was condemned by the early Church.
The trailer itself leaves no room for doubt: tense music accompanies frightful scenes of groaning and distressed actors, interspersed with scenes of a corpse wrapped in linen, and “Joseph” facing a menacing, convulsive youthful “Jesus,” who hisses and roars like a possessed soul. At the height of “Jesus” roaring, the linen-wrapped corpse begins to scream, and the noise and images stop abruptly, replaced by a black title screen with the buzzing sound of flies.
If this were not enough, here is what reports say about the upcoming film:
- The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has a synopsis which reads, “Family hiding in Roman Egypt. Son known as ‘the Boy’ doubts guardian ‘the Carpenter’, rebelling with mysterious powers. As he uses abilities, they face natural and divine horrors.” On the same website, the film has an R rating for “strong/bloody violent content, and brief nudity.” (Source: imdb .com)
- Wikipedia’s description reads: “The Carpenter’s Son is an upcoming French-American horror film written and directed Lotfy Nathan and starring actors Nicolas Cage [playing ‘Joseph’], FKA Twigs [‘Mary’], Noah Jupe [‘the Boy’, or ‘Jesus’] and Souheila Yacoub.” (Source: Wikipedia .org; emphasis added)
- Letterboxd, a movie-rating website, has the summary: “A boy, known only as ‘The Boy’, is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, ‘The Carpenter’, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power, the Boy and his family become the target of horrors, natural and divine.” (Source: Letterboxd .com)
- “Nicolas Cage, FKA twigs, Noah Jupe and Souheila Yacoub are set to star in Egyptian-American director Lotfy Nathan’s The Carpenter’s Son exploring the rarely told story of the childhood of Jesus with a horror take… Nathan has taken inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas for the screenplay. Dating back to the 2nd Century AD, the text recounts the childhood of Jesus.” (Source: Deadline .com ; emphasis added)
Christ came to redeem mankind and save man’s soul. He was always merciful and just as the circumstances required. He was even angry against those who abused God’s Commandments or spurned the spirit of the law. But in all, His Sacred Person was never an object of horror, but the perfect balance of Justice and Mercy. That is why this film is an insult to the Our Lord’s Perfection, and is inspired by a source condemned by the Church.
So please, join in protesting this film, demanding that Magnolia Pictures cancel this blasphemous movie and apologize.