‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Director on Their Kinky Rom-Com and Soundtracking the Year’s Bloodiest Scene to Counting Crows

Jane Schoenbrun’s third film is a dizzying glimpse into a horror movie's world

By William Earl

William Earl

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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” in theaters now via Mubi.

“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” the third feature from writer-director Jane Schoenbrun, is not the film you think it is.

While it does fit thematically with their two previous impressionistic horror movies — 2021’s “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and 2024’s “I Saw the TV Glow” — “Camp Miasma” is a funny, campy, bloody and thoughtful story about a hotshot indie director, Kris (Hannah Einbinder), who is hoping to make a new film in the in-universe slasher series “Camp Miasma.” Kris’ journey involves meeting with the reclusive star of the first film, Billy (Gillian Anderson), and learning much more about real-life sex and death than she thought possible.

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