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\nSPOILER ALERT:<\/strong> This story contains spoilers from \u201cLeviticus,\u201d now in theaters.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd yes, it\u2019s from a horror movie, namely Adrian Chiarella\u2019s \u201cLeviticus,\u201d which features two gay teenagers tormented by a violent supernatural entity that resembles the person they desire most \u2013 each other.<\/p>\n

\n\tPremiering at Sundance in January to rave reviews and later acquired by Neon for release in theaters Friday, \u201cLeviticus\u201d is named for the Bible verse that condemns homosexuality and set in a conservative town in Australia that does the same.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows Naim (Joe Bird) and Ryan (Stacy Clausen), who share a mutual attraction, acting on it in the film\u2019s opening scene. Agreeing to keep it a secret due to their homophobic community, Naim later discovers that Ryan is also involved with fellow classmate Hunter (Jeremy Blewitt). Naim ends up revealing their secret to Hunter\u2019s parents, who bring in a pastor tasked with removing \u201cthe sin\u201d in the boys. A shocked Naim watches as Hunter and Ryan writhe on the floor in agony post-\u201ccleansing,\u201d as Ryan begins to appear often beat-up and increasingly terrified of Naim throughout the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tSomething is wrong, but Naim can\u2019t be sure what it is, even after he watches from inside a locked store as Hunter is attacked by an invisible entity and ultimately killed. Eventually dragged to the same pastor by his mother (Mia Wasikowska), Naim finds comfort at Hunter\u2019s funeral with whom he assumes to be Ryan \u2013 until the monster begins attacking him. Over the course of the movie, the pair try desperately to solve the mystery of the entity, unwilling to stay away from each other. After all, what crueler (or sweeter) way to die than at the hands of a monster wearing the face of the person you love?<\/p>\n

\n\tThe audience never sees the monstrous version of Naim that Ryan is so afraid of, one that rips his skin apart and bruises him, cementing Naim\u2019s position as the story\u2019s narrator.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt would have been fun to see,\u201d Bird tells Variety<\/em>. \u201cBut what attracted me to this role is that it wasn\u2019t something I\u2019d done before.\u201d Bird\u2019s breakout role was in the 2022 film \u201cTalk to Me,\u201d where he played a young boy possessed by an evil spirit, allowing his portrayal of Naim to test his skills. <\/p>\n

\n\tClausen, on the other hand, had plenty of questions when he took on the double role of Ryan and his lookalike monster, beginning with: \u201cHow the hell am I going to portray this thing?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA large part of figuring out how to play the monster was unpacking the entity itself. \u201cThe main question I wanted to answer was: \u2018What was it feeding on? What was it after?\u2019\u201d says Clausen. \u201cIs it trying to scare them? Is it feeding off their reactions or trying to get a reaction? What we landed on was that this monster was feeding on their desire and trying to elicit an emotional real response. Once it gets that response, it replaces it with fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tConversations with Chiarella helped Clausen nail down the technical elements of his performance, practicing disingenuous smiles and blank eyes. \u201cWe played with how much to show in each scene,\u201d says Clausen. \u201cThe more time it spends with the person, the better it gets at imitating\u201d \u2013 and so does Clausen.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first time Naim encounters the entity, it\u2019s at Hunter\u2019s funeral, and the reveal is made within seconds. By the time it approaches Naim at home alone, it successfully coaxes the latter into believing it\u2019s really Ryan, only to violently grab his head through a mesh gate when he approaches. The dance goes on for most of the movie, with Naim \u2014 who possesses all the na\u00efvet\u00e9 of a teenage boy in love \u2014 continuing to hope the person in front of him is the real Ryan. That is, until the two embark on a bloody chase through the forest and end up in an abandoned mill, where Naim discovers the entity\u2019s one weakness: fire.<\/p>\n

\n\tSetting the factory ablaze and escaping, Naim pauses for a minute when the Ryan-like monster appears at a window, begging to be released and claiming to be the human-being. After a second of consideration, Naim slams the grate shut to the monster\u2019s wails, and the audience\u2019s relief.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s the conflicting thing towards that end act; that he doesn\u2019t know whether that\u2019s the real Ryan or a trick,\u201d explains Bird. \u201cWhen the search party [for Ryan] scenes happen, he\u2019s under the impression that he might have actually killed Ryan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the countless reasons they should stay apart, Ryan and Naim can\u2019t help but be drawn together, not just out of love but also understanding as the only two queer people in a conservative community.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is a church town that they\u2019re in and the majority of the town is obviously against homosexuality,\u201d says Bird. \u201cYoung teen love is intense naturally, regardless, but it definitely heightens that sense of \u2018This is the only person that I can really be myself around because I can\u2019t even be myself around my family.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe biggest thing that we wanted to portray is that these two boys are really a refuge for each other. They\u2019re the only person in their entire world that they can share this tiny little piece of truth and vulnerability with,\u201d adds Clausen. \u201cYes, it is a horror, but it\u2019s really a coming of age, and it\u2019s about the relationship between these two boys first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOne-by-one, the boys lose all of their potential allies: Hunter gets killed by the entity, his sister who blames Ryan for Hunter\u2019s death lures them into a trap to be attacked by local boys, fellow queer \u201ccleansed\u201d teenager Jessica (Shannon Berry) is in no state to help them, and Naim\u2019s mother Arlene is the one who brings him to the pastor in the first place.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe one line that really stuck out to me when I read the script the first time was Arlene\u2019s line towards the end of the film, where she says, \u2018We need fear Naim, we need it to survive,\u201d recalls Bird. \u201cI don\u2019t think everyone believes that \u2014 I don\u2019t believe that \u2014 but it\u2019s quite interesting, because all of these characters have gone through their own experiences to influence this way of thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe parents, arguably the film\u2019s first instigators, operate based off fear of their children\u2019s sexuality. When Hunter\u2019s parents call the pastor into town, it kickstarts a bloody and brutal chain of events, one Ryan can\u2019t forgive when he finds out Naim told Hunter\u2019s parents about them.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cWhat I really loved about every character is that I could understand every decision people would make. Even when it comes to Arlene and she sends me off to the ritual, it\u2019s from a place of love,\u201d says Bird about coming to understand why Naim went to Hunter\u2019s parents in the first place. \u201cThese boys are hormonal; they\u2019re going through puberty, not thinking straight, not allowed to be themselves. What is very common in teenage boys is that we don\u2019t speak our emotions clearly and freely, and it often comes out in mixed ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe strength of the onscreen bond between Ryan and Naim is in part due to their actors building up a real friendship before production began. \u201cAdrian really threw us together from the start,\u201d says Clausen. As for what they did to kill time? Gaming when by themselves and escape rooms when made to do so by Chiarella. \u201cAt the time I was like, \u2018Oh, this is just a fun thing we\u2019re doing,\u2019 but I realized it\u2019s because he wanted us to be scared around each other. Feeling is such a big thing in this film and so being vulnerable around each other when it came to filming, that trust was already there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt wasn\u2019t all puzzles and adrenaline in pre-production. Chiarella, who has been open about his experiences as a queer man helping shape the story of \u201cLeviticus,\u201d took Bird and Clausen to Geelong, a small town in Victoria, Australia, that is approximately the same size as the town the film is supposed to be set in.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSpending time in that environment and just walking through it, it was like being present in the literal environment that these boys live and spend their lives in,\u201d says Clausen, who adds that it helped frame his and Bird\u2019s perspectives of how their characters grew up.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn another pre-production exercise, Chiarella assigned the pair monologues from conversion therapy documentaries. \u201cThat really helped us understand the specific context of what these boys are going through, because I\u2019m not familiar with that world myself,\u201d says Clausen. Conversion therapy isn\u2019t an entirely unfamiliar topic to the pair, however. \u201cThis generation growing up online, you would just come across it, and it\u2019s prevalent in the news,\u201d says Bird. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s still happening today, and hopefully this film can make people more aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film\u2019s unique and visceral take on the issue was part of what drew Bird to the project, when he was still a Year 12 student at an Adelaide high school. \u201cIt was just one of the most raw, authentic, honest scripts I\u2019d ever read,\u201d says Bird, who remembers thinking: \u201cI have to be a part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tClausen, who jokes they must\u2019ve wanted Bird first since he received the scripts earlier, auditioned for Ryan, Naim, and Hunter and got callbacks for all three. \u201cInitially, it was just like any other project. It\u2019s just this tiny little Aussie indie movie shooting in my hometown. It wasn\u2019t supposed to be\u2026,\u201d Clausen trails off, gesturing with his hands to represent the intensity of the fervor surrounding the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor months now, anticipation around the movie has been building amongst fans of horror and queer media alike. Despite the buzz, Clausen and Bird are remaining healthily skeptical of whether this movie will launch them to overnight fame.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s a foreign concept. We live all the way in a city in Australia, where the artists don\u2019t go on tour, says Clausen. \u201cThey just skip the city, no one wants to go to Adelaide! But I guess we\u2019ll see what happens. I\u2019m nervous but excited \u2014 just along for the ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the public reception is a little scary to Bird, too, the pair have loved watching the edits roll in, especially since Chiarella dropped a scene pack on social media ahead of the film\u2019s release. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of heartwarming things that have happened; people coming up after screenings and saying that they wish they had this film when they were younger and growing up,\u201d says Bird. \u201cThat\u2019s all we can hope for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s been a little discussion online (and a lot of Letterboxd reviews) comparing \u201cLeviticus\u201d to other popular gay media, namely the hit hockey series \u201cHeated Rivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cObviously, they\u2019re two very different pieces of media that are trying to say two different things, but I think they\u2019re both showcasing queer characters on screen,\u201d says Bird about different projects being grouped together because of their nature. \u201cIf I was to be comparing queer media to other queer media, I think they should be grouped together, because it is a genre, and I want more of it to be met.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe outright genre label for \u201cLeviticus\u201d\u2014 horror \u2014 has also been having a busy summer with Kane Parson\u2019s \u201cBackrooms\u201d and then \u201cObsession,\u201d which became an unprecedented box office hit within the genre.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI feel really, really lucky that these two films have blown up right before our film\u2019s coming out,\u201d says Bird, who\u2019s \u201chonored\u201d for \u201cLeviticus\u201d to join the line-up. \u201cMy favorite thing about it, is one, it\u2019s independent movies doing these crazy things in the horror genre, and it\u2019s also Gen Z that is taking to the cinemas, which is amazing to hear,\u201d adds Clausen.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a horror movie, the ending of \u201cLeviticus\u201d is even more poignant.<\/p>\n

\n\tNaim, afraid Ryan is dead, abandons his mother and flees to the bus station to get out of town, where he runs into Ryan, who appears exhausted, battered, and clearly with the same plan. The two leave together, and as Naim begins to doze off on Ryan\u2019s shoulder, he spots the monster in a field. It\u2019s not a jump scare by any means, more of a open-ended reminder that the story isn\u2019t over, set to Frank Ocean\u2019s \u201cNo Control.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPeople die in horror movies all the time. Gay people die in media all the time, hence the phrase \u201cBury your gays.\u201d It wouldn\u2019t have been a far shot for either Ryan or Naim (or both) to succumb to the monster, but it was important to Chiarella and the actors that their pair didn\u2019t follow the same fate as so many characters before them.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere was no early draft of the script where it wasn\u2019t a kind of happy ending,\u201d says Clausen. (For the record: Clausen and Bird like to think their characters got out of Australia, maybe moved to France, got married and had kids).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere is a bit of that question: The monster is still there, that fear will always follow them,\u201d Bird continues. \u201cBut they\u2019re making a choice to be together; to hold on to hope and each other as much as they can.\u201d<\/p>\n

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