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Obsession vs Leviticus

Side-by-side Celluloid Scores, four-input breakdown, country/runtime context, and an editorial angle — built for quick answers and AI citation.

Quick Answer

Is Obsession or Leviticus the stronger 2026 elevated horror?

Neither Obsession nor Leviticus has a verified Celluloid Score yet. Obsession is the US theatrical breakout; Leviticus is the Sundance queer-horror prestige lane from Australia. Compare release facts, trailers and casts below.

The matchup

Obsession is the US theatrical breakout; Leviticus is the Sundance queer-horror prestige lane from Australia.

Two art-horror poles of 2026: Obsession couples romance and body dread for wide audiences; Leviticus leans festival queer horror with a colder moral frame. Scores are close enough that tone decides — Barker’s film for accessibility, Leviticus for festival-circuit severity.

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Obsession (2026)

Curry Barker · Horror, Romance, Thriller · 1h 49m

United States · English · May 15, 2026

Review pending — no verified score yet

Yes. It is a nasty, clever and very funny horror film about wanting to be loved too much, ideal for horror fans who can take its uncomfortable, violent turns.

Music-store clerk Bear Bailey breaks a novelty "One Wish Willow" charm to make co-worker Nikki Freeman love him more than anyone in the world. The wish comes true — and warps into a supernatural compulsion that turns desire into violence, trapping Bear inside a nightmare he cannot wish away.

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Leviticus (2026)

Adrian Chiarella · Horror, Romance, Drama · 1h 28m

Australia · English · Jun 19, 2026

Review pending — no verified score yet

Yes. It is a bold, emotionally charged horror debut for viewers who want genre films with something to say, though its bleakness will not suit everyone.

A teenager relocates with his mother to a devoutly religious Australian town and falls for another boy in secret. When a jealous outburst exposes the relationship, the two are subjected to a conversion-therapy ritual meant to 'cure' them — instead it tears open something monstrous, a force that turns each boy's own desire into a threat aimed at the other.

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Score breakdown

Signal Obsession Leviticus
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Editorial rating — —
Audience snapshot (excluded) — —
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Letterboxd 0 0
IMDb 0 0
Runtime 1h 49m 1h 28m
Country United States Australia

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