The Carpenter’s Son Full Cast Revealed: Who Nicolas Cage Plays in the Biblical Horror
Nicolas Cage leads 2025’s The Carpenter’s Son, a faith-fueled horror inspired by the teenage years of Jesus, as a mysterious carpenter confronts unholy forces against impossible odds.
Nicolas Cage is making a horror movie about a boy named Jesus and a dad known only as the Carpenter. Yes, that Jesus, but also not exactly. If that sentence made you do a double take, you are not alone.
What this thing actually is
'The Carpenter's Son' is a 2025 horror film drawing from stories about Jesus as a teenager. The movie doesn’t come right out and say the kid is the Jesus from the Bible, but the son is literally named Jesus, and Cage’s character is simply called the Carpenter. Subtle, right?
The setup: supernatural forces circle this family, faith and survival collide, and the Carpenter grapples with powers in his son that he can’t control. There’s a heavy family angle running through all the demon-chasing.
Why people are already heated
Even without the film spelling it out, the parallels are clear enough that some viewers are taking offense. The boy is portrayed as torn between good and evil, with abilities that put everyone around him in danger. The family is hounded from one home to the next and treated like outcasts. That framing has sparked a lot of pushback from folks who don’t love seeing a Jesus stand-in depicted as morally conflicted or edging into anti-hero territory.
Early word (not great)
The film opened in Argentina on October 30 and the reaction so far has been rough: disappointing reviews and a whole lot of backlash. Numbers-wise, it’s currently sitting at an IMDb score of 3.0/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 30%. Those can move over time, but that’s a rocky start.
- Director: Lotfy Nathan
- Cast: Nicolas Cage as the Carpenter; FKA Twigs as the Mother; Noah Jupe as the Boy; Isla Johnson in an undisclosed role; Souheila Yacoub in an undisclosed role
- Release: Argentina opened October 30; U.S. release is November 14, 2025
- Vibe: horror with strong spiritual themes, family under siege by supernatural forces
- Current reception: described as getting terrible reviews from fans; IMDb 3.0/10; Rotten Tomatoes 30%
Bottom line
Cage leading a horror riff on a teenage Jesus story is a bold swing, and the movie is already catching fire for how it handles that premise. Whether it finds an audience when it hits the U.S. on November 14, 2025 is the real test. You in, or sitting this one out?