Leviticus

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Leviticus

R

Jun 2026

1h 28m

Horror

Romance

LGBTQ+

Sci-Fi

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Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most -- each other.

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Critics Consensus

Merging an emotionally-involving queer relationship with its clever monster concept, Leviticus executes its intriguing hook with eerie aplomb.

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Audience Says

Suspenseful horror and compelling characters don’t always go hand-in-hand, but Leviticus successfully pairs both, delivering a hauntingly romantic and refreshingly original film.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

2d

4/5

Writer-director Chiarella ingeniously conjures horror off-screen, relying on atmosphere, shadows, and the recurring device of an apparently familiar person behaving with unexplained menace. Puppy love is seldom so terrifying.

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Mark Kermode

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2d

I thought this was terrific.

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

2d

3/5

This is a horror story that plays it serious, eschewing black comedy and obvious scares to highlight real emotion, with a forceful streak of protest.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

12h

3/5

...a small, modest film which has found itself in the right place to gather some of the overflow in the wake of Obsession; it’s well acted and starkly shot…provides further evidence that the genre has moved on from scary masks, jump scares and gore.

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David Opie

Digital Spy

2d

5/5

#Leviticus isn’t special because it’s gay. It’s special because of how it extends the conversion therapy metaphor, expanding into a wider treatise on queer loneliness with chilling scares and a gorgeous love story to boot.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

3d

4/5

It's an intensely chilling film that keeps the audience freaked out even as it makes important points about the collision between faith and homosexuality.

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Frank

Aug 27

It’s good…check it out for yourself!!

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PA

Aug 3

LOOOOVE IT!!! Both leads are soooo talented and have such a strong connection on screen! The cinematography and sound design really capture the feeling of being trapped and dread of what will happen next. And the symbolism and metaphors throughout the whole film add so much more than what’s just shown on screen. Definitely resonates a lot more with queer people since we've experienced or feared the reality of being targeted by our community. I can’t wait to watch it (and cry) over and over again!

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Aiden

Jul 20

fucking amazing movie.

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Cleo

Jul 14

person who has never seen gay media: this is just like heated rivalry

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knox

Jul 11

smart horror is back

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matt

Jul 9

Very very gay. Wasn’t the biggest fan of the camera work. Wish it showed more of what was happening

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Synopsis

Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most -- each other.

Director: Adrian Chiarella
Producer: Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Hannah Ngo
Screenwriter: Adrian Chiarella
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Causeway Films, Salmira Productions
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Bloody Violent Content|Teen Drug Use)
Genre: Horror, Romance, LGBTQ+, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 28, 2026
Runtime: 1h 28m

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