Leviticus Turns Conversion Therapy Into a Genuinely Original Monster Movie

Is Leviticus good?

Yes — it holds an 81% Celluloid Score, among the best-reviewed horror titles of the year. Writer-director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut fuses a coming-of-age romance with a supernatural threat rooted directly in the trauma of conversion therapy, and critics have responded to just how original that combination feels.

What is Leviticus about?

A teenager falls for another boy in secret after moving to a devoutly religious Australian town, and a jealous outburst exposes them to a ‘deliverance’ ritual that backfires horribly. The ritual summons a force that takes the shape of each boy’s own desire, turning intimacy itself into the source of dread.

Should you watch Leviticus?

If you want horror that’s doing more than jump scares, absolutely. It’s most rewarding for viewers open to a slower-burn, emotionally driven approach — general audiences have rated it a notch below critics, likely because it commits harder to bleakness than a typical genre crowd-pleaser.

How does it compare to other conversion-therapy-adjacent horror?

It sits closer to It Follows and The Witch in tone than to more straightforward possession films — Chiarella has cited both as influences. The comparison holds: like those films, the horror here is inseparable from the characters’ internal fear rather than bolted on top of it.