The charges of “Blasphemy!” are likely to come fast and furious for Lotfy Nathan’s supernatural horror film revolving around the life of the teenage Jesus. Based on the apocryphal “Infancy Gospel of Thomas” (which I confess I haven’t read), the film strains mightily for a seriousness that it never deserves. I mean, when you cast Nicolas Cage as “The Carpenter” and FKA Twigs as “The Mother,” you’re already kind of throwing in the towel.

Despite its handsome production values and an arresting performance by Isla Johnston ( The Queen’s Gambit ) as “The Stranger,” who turns out to be, wait for it, Satan, The Carpenter’s Son will please neither the faithful nor those looking for a more traditional fright film in which the Devil makes an appearance.

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