"Leviticus" stars Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen on preparing for the conversion therapy horror, character choices and what's next for Naim and Ryan.

The new movie “Leviticus” is being released this weekend. It's a horror-satire by Adrian Chiarella and explores a chilling premise of desire becoming deadly.

“A lot of young queer people had a special connection to [horror] movies. … I wanted to tap into that,” writer-director Adrian Chiarella told HuffPost.

“A lot of young queer people had a special connection to [horror] movies. … I wanted to tap into that,” writer-director Adrian Chiarella told HuffPost.

'Leviticus' writer-director Adrian Chiarella also explains how he blended romance and scares to make his new movie.

"Leviticus" stars Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen on preparing for the conversion therapy horror, character choices and what's next for Naim and Ryan.

The horror film 'Leviticus' is a terrifying, violent drama that also depicts two young gay men falling in love.

Homophobia lives, and stalks, in Adrian Chiarella's debut feature.