Nic Cage's The Carpenter's Son: Bible Horror or Blasphemy?

When news broke about The Carpenter’s Son, a Bible-adjacent horror film starring Nicolas Cage as Joseph and FKA Twigs as Mary, I felt torn. On the one hand, I value creative approaches to biblical adaptation and I enjoy the horror genre – I would love to see a Bible horror film done right. On the other hand, I couldn’t help but wonder: will this movie really be interested in exploring Scripture’s characters and world or will it intentionally disrespect its biblical source material in order to denigrate Christianity and gain notoriety? The first trailer for The Carpenter's Son dropped recently,...