Leviticus

“This outstanding debut from writer-director Adrian Chiarella organically marries blood-curdling fright with incisive social commentary.”

Carlos Aguilar, Variety · 100

“Leviticus announces Adrian Chiarella as a filmmaker of remarkable confidence and control. It's a horror film that trusts its audience, trusts its characters, and trusts the power of what remains unseen. In doing so, it becomes one of the year's most unsettling — and impressive — genre debuts.”

Thom Ernst, Original-Cin · 100

“There have been plenty of horror movies about conversion therapy, but none like this one. Though it is at times terrifying, capturing the isolation of the queer experience with bone-deep emotion, the first-time director's new film is a surprisingly tender look at the shapes love and demons can take.”

Graeme Guttmann, Screen Rant · 100

“At its heart, the film is a love story. A love story about two souls who need to trust each other if they want to survive.”

Gregory Ellwood, The Playlist · 91

“Chiarella has a skill for creating scares beyond the obvious, but Leviticus (which takes its name from the biblical verse often used against homosexuality) gains a massive jolt from a near-perfect melding of theme and concept.”

Devan Suber, The Film Stage · 91