The slasher sequel machine has survived masked killers, studio cynicism, cynical reboots, endless nostalgia, and fandoms that refuse to let anything die. In Jane Schoenbrun’s new film, that machinery becomes the point of entry for something bloodier, stranger, and unmistakably personal.
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MUBI has released the trailer for “Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma,” the latest from the “I Saw The TV Glow” and “We’re All Going To The World’s Fair” filmmaker. The premise sounds like a full Schoenbrun swing: a long-running slasher franchise, a young director hired to resurrect it, and the reclusive star of the original film, whose mythology still hangs over the whole enterprise.
The film stars Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”) as Kris, the filmmaker brought in to revive the once-beloved “Camp Miasma” series after years of cheap sequels and fading interest. Her search leads her to Billy Presley, played by Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files,” “Sex Education”), the actress who starred in the original film and has since retreated into mystery. Once the two women meet, the movie’s official logline says they “fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.”
That setup places “Camp Miasma” right inside Schoenbrun’s wheelhouse: media obsession, identity, fandom, and the strange places pop culture can burrow into a person’s body. Here, the language is slasher cinema—final girls, franchise decay, cursed IP, and the violent intimacy of watching something forbidden at too young an age.
The cast also includes Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Quintessa Swindell, Kevin McDonald, and Jack Haven. Schoenbrun wrote and directed the film, with music by Alex G, cinematography by Eric K. Yue, editing by Graham Mason, costumes by Kendra Terpenning, and production design by Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland. Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner produce, with Brad Pitt among the executive producers.
“Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma” premiered at Cannes, where The Playlist’s Rafa Sales Ross was high on the film, calling it “Schoenbrun’s refined sapphic ode to the classic slasher” and praising Einbinder and Anderson’s central performances. The review also noted the film’s cinephile playfulness, its interest in horror history, and the way Schoenbrun pushes the familiar machinery of the genre toward something more unruly and emotionally direct.
For Schoenbrun, this also arrives during a busy stretch. “I Saw The TV Glow” earned six Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, and their first novel, “Public Access Afterworld,” is set to be published by Hogarth later this year. Schoenbrun is also attached to write, direct, and executive produce a Netflix series adaptation of Charles Burns’ acclaimed graphic novel “Black Hole” with Plan B and New Regency.
“Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma” opens in theaters on August 7. Watch the trailer below.
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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