When is a slasher movie reboot not a slasher movie reboot? Well, when it’s a Jane Schoenbrun directed meta movie about the making of a slasher movie reboot, of course — which is precisely what the fabulously titled Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma is. Led by Gillian Anderson and Hacks’ Hannah Einbinder, Camp Miasma (as we’re calling it for short) is the latest genre-bending effort from I Saw The TV Glow and We’re All Going To The World’s Fair filmmaker Schoenbrun, and it’s officially heading our way on 7 August. What’s more, we’ve already got an old school teaser trailer for the movie and some tantalising first look shots to look at. Check ’em out below;
That was the teaser — and here are the GIFs;
Glowing TVs? Check! Acid-trip visual flourishes? Check! A sort of overwhelming sense of brooding portent that’s at once very cool and a bit terrifying? Check, check, and treble check! Yeah, we’re thinkin’ Jane Schoenbrun’s back. Continuing the multi-hyphenate artist’s “body of work shaped by themes of trans identity and queer horror,” per MUBI’s own press materials, Camp Miasma looks — and sounds — has a hell of a hooky premise. The official synopsis reads: “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.” We would wager Einbinder is the director and Anderson is the OG Camp Miasma star — a suggestion supported by Anderson’s recent Instagram stories.
Also among Camp Miasma’s sizeable ensemble are Sorry, Baby writer-director-star Eva Victor, I Saw The TV Glow and Bill & Ted Face The Music’s Jack Haven, Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Quintessa Swindell, and Kevin McDonald.
With their debut novel, Public Access Afterworld, due out later this year, a very intriguing adaptation of Charles Burns’ Black Hole in the works at Netflix, and Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’s release now mere months away, it’s a great time to be Jane Schoenbrun — and a great time to be a Jane Schoenbrun fan. We’re all going to the cinema, on 7 August… see you there!