The director of I Saw The TV Glow and We’re All Going To The World’s Fair is going camp.
Jane Schoenbrun is one of the most interesting horror filmmakers around at the moment. I slept on their first film, 2021’s We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, but I Saw The TV Glow knocked a hole right through me – there’s quiet, unsettling power to that film that sticks with you long after you’ve watched the credits. So as far as I’m concerned, any news of a new Schoenbrun gig is worth paying attention to. And their latest, Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, sounds like it’s going to be a blast.
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma Trailer
I don’t think that’s an official teaser, mind you – that channel’s a bit weird But hey, all the info is there.
What’s the plot?
As the official synopsis tells us:
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
In a statement released last year, Schoenbrun said, “I make movies I wish existed when I was a kid. Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma is my best attempt at the ‘sleepover classic’: an insane yet cozy midnight odyssey that beckons to unsuspecting viewers from the horror section at the local video store. I couldn’t be more excited to be heading to sleepaway camp this summer with the mad comic genius Hannah Einbinder, the legendary Gillian Anderson, and the daring folks at Mubi and Plan B, who by greenlighting this movie have summoned a plague-like flood of blood, guts, and various other fluids to rain down on us all.”
Who’s in it?
Hannah Einbinder of Hacks is presumably our eager beaver director, while Gillian Anderson is almost certainly our reclusive doyenne, with Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Quintessa Swindell, and Kevin McDonald in support. And while nobody else gets a character name as yet, Jack Haven is playing “Little Death”, for what it’s worth.
When’s it out?
August 7 in the US, with a local release still pending. Probably around the same time, though.
What’s the vibe?
Who can say? All we have to go by is a bit of a synopsis, a teaser trailer of dubious provenance, and these two first look images:
…but, as I noted earlier, a new film from Jane Schoenbrun is worth getting excited about.
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