Deliverance and Desire: A Queer Horror Debut at Sundance
An Australian horror debut by Adrian Chiarella, Leviticus blends a tender, forbidden romance between two boys with a repressive Christian community, turning a public deliverance ceremony into a haunting stalker that takes the form of the lovers’ crush. Drawing on It Follows and other body-horror tropes, it probes internalized homophobia and religious paranoia, delivering a moody, if imperfect, Sundance debut that is currently seeking U.S. distribution.