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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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Sep 8, 2026

It’s an elegantly downbeat piece of film-making that vividly evokes the blighted small-town backdrop. This is a place that is swimming with frustration and despair even before the religious crackpots start throwing curses around.

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Matt Glasby

Empire Magazine

Sep 8, 2026

4/5

Chiarella’s heartfelt horror is a tender coming-of-age drama spiked with terrifying home truths.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Sep 4, 2026

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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Carson Timar

ClapperCast

1 day ago

Leviticus is a haunting look at queer trauma, giving Adrian Chiarella his first horror masterpiece.

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Andrew Murray

The Upcoming

Sep 9, 2026

4/5

While it takes some time for the main plot to get underway, and the scares don’t land consistently, Chiarella succeeds in delivering a thematically rich and unique feature debut.

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Josh Winning

Radio Times

Sep 8, 2026

3/5

While the film struggles to fully engage with the heavy topics at its heart, its images of gay men both clinging to and tormented by the objects of their desire can't help but linger in the mind.

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skye

14 hrs ago

As someone who grew up in a conservative town, this hit all the marks. A great film that has you questioning who you can trust in a world that’s already untrustworthy.

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Eva W

Sep 13, 2026

Pretty much It Follows, but if the entity was really putting hands on people. How many times can someone beat your ass before you get it? 😭

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Frank

Aug 27, 2026

It’s good…check it out for yourself!!

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PA

Aug 3, 2026

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, 2026

fucking amazing movie.

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Cleo

Jul 14, 2026

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

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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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