This past January at the Sundance Film Festival, Neon picked up the queer horror mashup “Leviticus,” a story centered on conversion therapy, reportedly in the $5M+ range. We now have our first trailer.
Written and directed by first-timer Adrian Chiarella, the film follows “two star-crossed teenage boys [who] must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.” The cast features Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Jeremy Blewitt, and Ewen Leslie. The film premiered in the Midnight section at Sundance, and a few months later, again screened at SXSW Film Festival .
“Leviticus” currently sits at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 83 on Metacritic. Neon has a solid track record with horror, and maybe they can work some commercial magic here. The film hits theaters on June 19.
Saulnier is, of course, the filmmaker behind "Blue Ruin," "Green Room" and "Rebel Ridge." A24 landed this latest project a little over a year ago after a heated bidding war that included Netflix.