The prayers have finally been answered. Rapture, the queer medieval body horror starring Connor, Poulter and Ríos, has a production update — which means our collective patience may finally be rewarded with hot monks, forbidden romance and undead chaos.
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According to a new listing from Production Weekly, Rapture is scheduled to begin production in October. Cameras were originally expected to start rolling in Hungary in 2025, but the project seemingly faced a delay.
There’s still no official release date, so nobody needs to start refreshing their streaming services just yet. If production actually begins in October, 2027 looks like the earliest realistic window for Rapture to arrive.
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But after a long stretch of silence, an October production date is encouraging news. The gay medieval zombie apocalypse is, apparently, still alive. Ironically.
Hot Monks, Forbidden Love and Zombies
Set in Yorkshire in 1348, Rapture follows 10 monks living inside the remote Lansley Abbey as the Black Death reaches the British Isles. So, already, things are not looking great for the monastery.
Their quiet lives are interrupted when a messenger arrives carrying news of a mysterious illness. Unfortunately, he also appears to be carrying the illness itself, because apparently medieval people had not yet invented the concept of simply staying home when sick.
The infection begins with hemorrhagic fever before transforming its victims into “revenants,” restless undead creatures who are significantly less interested in prayer.
As terrified outsiders beg to be allowed inside, the monks face a particularly horrible choice: open the gates and risk infection, or keep everyone outside and protect the centuries of knowledge inside the monastery.
Naturally, this does not end with everyone calmly discussing the situation over tea. There is chaos. There is betrayal. There is bloodshed. And, because this is Rapture, there is also romance.
Writer-director Jordan Tannahill said the story centers on “the deep, passionate relationship between these two young monks who have grown up together.”
The actors playing those two monks have not yet been revealed, so we still don’t know whether Connor, Poulter or Ríos will be caught in the middle of the film’s monk-on-monk romance. And yes, that is a sentence we are genuinely happy to have typed.
The Cast Is Giving Medieval Thirst Trap
Connor and Poulter previously appeared together in Alex Garland’s Warfare, while Poulter already knows his way around horror thanks to Midsommar and Death of a Unicorn.
Ríos, meanwhile, is best known for Elite and appeared in Pedro Almodóvar’s queer Western Strange Way of Life.
Arón Piper (Ander) e Manu Ríos (Patrick) em Elite. pic.twitter.com/1HKTCZj9bJ
— Séries em Cena (@seriesemcena) March 13, 2026
In other words, Rapture has somehow assembled a cast capable of making a medieval zombie outbreak feel like the most anticipated church service of the year.
The premise is also wonderfully chaotic. You have a plague. You have zombies. You have a monastery. You have forbidden love. You have 10 monks trapped together while society collapses outside.
At some point, someone presumably has to ask whether this is still a horror movie or simply the gayest possible way to spend a weekend at church.
When Can We Watch Rapture?
Rapture will mark Tannahill’s feature directorial debut. Elevation Pictures, 2AM and Brookstreet Pictures are producing, while Lamb cinematographer Eli Arenson is attached as director of photography.
IFC and Shudder have acquired the film’s U.S. distribution rights, with True Brit handling the U.K. release.
There is no official release date yet, but an October production start gives Rapture a pulse — something its revenants presumably won’t have. For now, that means the gays must continue waiting. Again.
But at least there is finally movement. And when Rapture eventually arrives, we will apparently be getting everything we could possibly want from a queer medieval horror: beautiful men, forbidden love, religious angst, bloodshed and zombies.
Honestly, the only thing missing is a suspiciously attractive priest. Give it time.