‘Leviticus’ Review: A Queer-Specific Supernatural Concept Drives Brilliant Horror Romance

“I want it to look like you,” resonates as the most romantic line exchanged between the two young men at the center of “Leviticus,” a tightly conceived, gripping queer horror that reaches for unassuming brilliance through a supernatural premise that’s as terrifying as it is thematically relevant. The statement implies that even if their fate is to be haunted, likely to death, by an entity that takes the form of the person they are most attracted to, they would choose for that malevolent force to personify each other. What is love if not a willingness to fight another person’s demons alongside them?

Titled after the book in the Bible that features what some devotees interpret as a condemnation of homosexuality, calling it an “abomination,” this outstanding debut from writer-director Adrian Chiarella organically marries blood-curling fright with incisive social commentary. He joins a large contingent of accomplished Australian genre…