At least from the moment he ate a live roach in 1988’s “Vampire’s Kiss,” moviegoers have known that when they pay to see Nicolas Cage, they are probably going to get something weird.

Right now Mr. Cage’s fans seem to be in a phase where they are viewing his work as a good kind of weird. Building off the strong reviews of his performance as a reclusive truffle hunter searching for his stolen pig in July’s “Pig,” he is back with another off-angle turn in “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” available in theaters and on digital retailers Friday.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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