The Jesus Tapes(2026)

Name: The Jesus Tapes
Director: Rick Pamplin
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery
Released: Oct 9, 2026
Cast: Cookie Bruno, Gaspari Bruno, Kevin Ganci, Greg Hauptner

Atlas Distribution Company

1h 21m

Release Date: Oct 9, 2026

Three VHS tapes surface in a Florida storage unit. On them, episodes of a Los Angeles public access talk show, and a guest who says he is Jesus. He preaches, the audience mostly laughs, and the story goes where it was always going to go. A found footage drama about what a society does with a message it has heard before.

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Original Release | Oct 9, 2026 | Limited

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Cookie Bruno
Self - Interviewee

Gaspari Bruno
Self - Interviewee

Kevin Ganci
Kevin Gance

Greg Hauptner
Self - Interviewee

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

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Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

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The Jesus Tapes is a 2026 American found footage drama written and directed by Rick Pamplin, who also appears as the on screen interviewer. Three VHS tapes discovered in a Florida storage unit bought at auction contain episodes of a Los Angeles public access talk show on which Pamplin's host interviews a man claiming to be Jesus, together with behind the scenes footage and news reports.
The man preaches peace and forgiveness, is largely ignored and ridiculed, and is ultimately beaten to death, leaving the film to pose what the following days hold. The Jesus character's dialogue is drawn from The Complete Sayings of Jesus Christ, published in 1927, and the actor playing him is deliberately uncredited under a nondisclosure agreement. Ellen Jacoby, Chris Whaley, Greg Hauptner and Louise Levison appear. Scott duPont and Maggie Pamplin produced with Howard Farling, for Pamplin Film Company with Think Visual Group and Nemours Marketing. Pamplin first conceived the project in 1977.
Atlas Distribution released it on 9 October 2026 across four US markets, running 81 minutes and unrated. For viewers interested in faith cinema made in an unusual register.

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The Jesus Tapes(2026)

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Cookie Bruno

Gaspari Bruno

Kevin Ganci

Greg Hauptner

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