Australian horror film Leviticus weaponises homophobia to terrifying effect

‘Leviticus’ Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Meets ‘It Follows’ in Entertaining Horror Debut

Sundance: Two suburban Australian boys are stalked by a presence that takes each other’s form in the new horror movie 'Leviticus'. Review.

Australian horror film Leviticus weaponises homophobia to terrifying effect

Writer and director Adrian Chiarella's debut supernatural horror feature, Leviticus, is as romantic as it is scary.

Meet Your New Landmark LGBTQ+ Horror Movie: ‘Leviticus’

There are a lot of verses in the Bible’s Book of Leviticus, but a single passage in particular seems to get trotted out time immemorial. No, not the “love thy neighbor” maxim. You know the one. That whole “thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind” bit. An Old Testament commandment employed as a cudgel by people who consistently ignore the core teachings of the New Testament, it’s underwritten centuries of homophobia, hate, and pain. Wri…

'Leviticus': Everything to know about 'the Heated Rivalry of horror'

Despite queer horror films often setting the bar for genre works, they don’t always manage to attract the attention of mainstream moviegoing audiences. But Australian director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut, Leviticus, has been causing talk among a wide swath of cinephiles since its triumphant debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Specifically, its original, jaw-clenching take on conversion therapy as a central metaphor seems to have ca…

Making the queer horror romance ‘Leviticus' was an exploration — and a reclamation

In a crowded year for chilling debuts, director Adrian Chiarella and actors Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen impress with a fear that hits close to home.

'Leviticus' director, star talk mixing horror with romance

Joe Bird as Naim and Stacy Clausen as Ryan in ‘Leviticus.’ (NEON) Horror is the hottest ticket at the box office this summer, with films like Backrooms and Obsession finding success in the theaters. Joining that wave of buzzy new films in the genre is the Australian horror romance Leviticus. Written and directed by Adrian Chiarella in his feature debut, the film tackles themes of homophobia through a supernatural lens. “What if there was some ri…