Leviticus (2026)
Leviticus is a 2026 horror movie directed by Adrian Chiarella and Jed Kurzel, with a running time of 1h 28m. It stars Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen and Mia Wasikowska.
Adrian Chiarella's Australian horror sets two teenage boys against a supernatural force their own religious community summoned. The entity wears the face of whoever they most desire, which for each of them turns out to be the other. Coming-of-age ache and first love braid into dread as the thing stalks them in a shape they cannot bring themselves to fight. Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen lead, with Mia Wasikowska, Ewen Leslie and Nicholas Hope among the adults whose piety set the haunting in motion. Shame and longing do as much damage here as the creature.
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What is Leviticus about?
Adrian Chiarella's Australian horror sets two teenage boys against a supernatural force their own religious community summoned. The entity wears the face of whoever they most desire, which for each of them turns out to be the other. Coming-of-age ache and first love braid into dread as the thing stalks them in a shape they cannot bring themselves to fight. Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen lead, with Mia Wasikowska, Ewen Leslie and Nicholas Hope among the adults whose piety set the haunting in motion. Shame and longing do as much damage here as the creature.
When was Leviticus released?
Leviticus was released on 17 June 2026.
How long is Leviticus?
Leviticus runs 1h 28m.
Who made Leviticus?
Leviticus was directed by Adrian Chiarella and Jed Kurzel.
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A few thoughts on Leviticus
The scares run on repression more than gore, closer to a folk-horror fever than a slasher. Viewers who want intimate queer dread and the menace of a small, watchful community will find its slow burn cuts deeper than its jolts.
Supernatural forces that get inside your head and wear a shape only you can see
Leviticus turns a supernatural entity into a mirror for whatever its victims want most, and these films chase that same dread of something reaching in from inside your own mind. The Insidious series sends its heroes chasing loved ones through a realm built from fear and memory, while Freddy Krueger's dream world in The Dream Child proves your subconscious is never a safe place to hide.
Forbidden longing between two people that quietly destroys them
In Leviticus, shame and first love do as much damage as the creature stalking two boys. Brokeback Mountain carries that same weight across decades of hidden longing, My Summer of Love burns fast between two teenage girls testing how far feeling can go, Spring folds romance into something monstrous, and Fear shows desire curdling into obsession and danger.
Devout communities whose faith turns into the real danger
The haunting in Leviticus starts with a devout community's own ritual, and these films share that same unease about faith turned inward on itself. The Order follows a priest investigating a heretical sect, The Deliverance drags a struggling family into an exorcism born of old sins, Breaking the Waves lets religious devotion push a marriage toward ruin, and Eli traces a house's buried secrets back to belief.
Teenagers caught in a horror that the adults around them built
The two boys in Leviticus are stalked by something their own religious elders summoned, left to face a mess adults made. Fear Street: 1994 sends teenagers up against a centuries-old town curse, Locke & Key hands kids their father's dangerous magical legacy, The Promised Neverland traps children in a system built entirely for adults' benefit, and The Institute holds gifted kids captive for grown-ups' purposes.