Award-winning actor Cameron Arnett believes Christians should be leading conversations about the supernatural, and he hopes his latest film, “Soul Snatchers,” will challenge believers to rethink both spiritual warfare and the power they have through Christ.
“We are supposed to be the ones who understand the supernatural power of God and bring the supernatural power of God to bear upon all society,” the 65-year-old Port-Au-Prince native told The Christian Post. “People will get an opportunity to see the power of God over evil. That’s what we really want to happen.”
The upcoming supernatural thriller stars Arnett as Emmanuel, a man who returns with his family to the remote island of his childhood to establish a music school for orphaned children. But beneath the island’s idyllic landscape lurks a sinister force that begins unraveling his mission and his family, leading to a battle that threatens not only their lives but their souls.
Directed by Julio Román, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cesar R. Castillo, the film also stars William Oliver, Carla Adell, Rebecca Rogers and Osvaldo Friger. “Soul Snatchers” merges supernatural suspense with themes of faith, redemption and spiritual warfare. The film was showcased at the 2026 Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival as part of its international rollout.
For Arnett, who also stars in the Kendrick Brothers films “The Forge” and “Overcomer,” “Soul Snatcher” represents an opportunity to push faith-based storytelling into territory he lamented the Church has too often neglected.
“The supernatural can be a horrific thing if you don’t understand it,” he said. “But it’s actually the answer that God has made the Church to be. We are the supernatural answer to all of the fears of the world.”
Scripture, Arnett added, presents a reality in which God has already defeated evil, yet many Christians fail to live with that confidence.
“I think in the United States we’ve become very practical in our perspective of Christianity,” Arnett said. “We actually serve a God who’s not linear. He’s above and beyond time and all existence.”
Arnett, who first broke through in Hollywood playing Ensign Mandel in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Disaster,” has spent the latter half of his career becoming a leading figure in faith-based entertainment, founding Christ Over Career, a global movement calling the Church back to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Drawing from nearly two decades in pastoral ministry with his wife, Arnett said the “Soul Snatchers” story of a family whose ministry becomes a battleground reflected his own testimony. He recalled ministering on the streets of New York City after becoming a Christian, where he witnessed God’s power amid what he described as genuine spiritual darkness.
“We’ve actually seen God answer us miraculously while satanic attack was coming,” he said. “That excited me in my life as a Christian, and I’ve been trying to get the saints to understand the power of God ever since.”
Rather than changing his views on spiritual warfare, Arnett said portraying Emmanuel expanded them by giving audiences a visual picture of biblical truth. Many churches, he emphasized, proclaim God’s supernatural power while living as though miracles belong only to biblical times.
“What I love about filmmaking is that we get to show what truth really is in pictorial form,” he said. “Now we’re able to put in front of people what a supernatural lifestyle looks like. … We have become a people who don’t live that way because we’re afraid to believe that way. Through film, we’re able to bring that to light.”
Arnett said he hopes “Soul Snatchers” has the same cultural impact as “The Forge,” the Kendrick Brothers’ 2024 film on discipleship, which he said inspired churches around the world to launch discipleship ministries.
“I expect to see with ‘Soul Snatchers’ … people say, ‘Wow. This is what I can do. This is who I really am,'” he said. “It is natural to be supernatural.”
Despite the film’s focus on demonic forces, Arnett offered the reminder that many Christians unintentionally give the devil more authority than Scripture allows. The blood of Christ, he stressed, protects a believer from demonic attacks.
“I don’t believe that Satan has that power in my life,” he said. “When I show up, I expect demons fleeing, not attacking. … I think we’ve taught that so wrongly that we’ve given Satan power that he doesn’t have. I’m not even fighting a real foe. I’m the real victor, and I’m shadow boxing a shadow.”
While the story depicts forces attempting to “snatch” souls from God, Arnett said believers are likewise called to rescue souls from darkness.
“We are also going after the souls that Satan has snatched,” he said, revealing he once led a ministry in California called “Soul Snatchers.” “It’s a play on words. We are snatching souls from Hell.”
Arnett said he hopes the thriller will appeal not only to Christian audiences but also to viewers drawn to paranormal stories, giving them a biblical perspective on the unseen world. But more importantly, he wants audiences to leave the theater with a renewed confidence in God’s victory rather than fear of evil.
“I want people to say, ‘I now see my place in it. I now see the power that I have,'” he said. “I now see that I’ve believed the wrong thing, and if I shift my belief system in God, I’ll be able to live the kind of life He intended.”
Leah M. Klett is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: [email protected]
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