Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the Latest From the Director of I Saw the TV Glow, Is Sexy, Silly, and Sincere
The queer slasher explores identity and desire through a reboot that pits a non-binary filmmaker against studio exploitation.
- Writer-Director Jane Schoenbrun's queer slasher Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, earning a six-minute standing ovation.
- Hannah Einbinder stars as Kris, a filmmaker tasked with rebooting a horror franchise, who seeks out the reclusive original star Billy, portrayed by Gillian Anderson.
- Anderson praised Einbinder's intense performance during filming of a scene called 'that blood day,' while the film features a 'sensational score' by composer Alex G and 'precise cinematography' by Eric Yue.
- Critics highlight the film's 'searing sense of introspection' regarding how media shapes desire, though Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is described as 'alienatingly offbeat' and potentially divisive.
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma will debut in theaters on August 7, with industry observers anticipating the title could become an extremely 'buzzy new genre film.
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Those of us who were teenagers in the eighties grew up with franchises like Friday the 13th, where sex and violent death were digested with kilos of candy. Jane Schoenbrun's Camp Miasma, a film about adolescence, sex, and death, opened the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, astonishing audiences with its original, funny, and highly delirious queer take on the American eighties slasher film. It also garnered attention for a surprising bed scene…
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If Jane Schoenbrun is feeling the pressures of being their generation’s highest-profile trans filmmaker, it shows in only the most enjoyably defiant of ways in Un Certain Regard opener “Teenage Sex and Death in Camp Miasma.” A steamy stew of sex, death, VHS and junk food, as though workshopped by Eros, Thanatos, Colonel Sanders and the Jolly Rancher in the seediest recesses of a Blockbuster Video, Schoenbrun’s delirious third film is their most …
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the Latest From the Director of I Saw the TV Glow, Is Sexy, Silly, and Sincere
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma will premiere in theaters on August 7. This review is based on a screening at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – the electrifying, erotic, and playfully yet profoundly emotional new film from director Jane Schoenbrun – is unlike anything they’ve ever done before. Yes, it’s got the same searing sense of introspection and interest in exploring how the media we consume shapes ou…
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