Jane Schoenbrun’s bloody ode to 80s slashers, ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’, sounds like it’s a real crowd-pleaser.
Personally, I’m not one for reading too much into standing ovations at Cannes (I’d love to know who actually times these things). But I make an exception for films I’m excited about, and that’s definitely the case for Jane Schoenbrun‘s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Via Variety, the film just got a six-minute ovation, with the film sounding like a bloody crowd-pleaser.
The outlet notes that while many stayed past the credits, others left the moment the screen turned black. That could mean that Mubi has a polarizing genre film on their hands. But in my mind, that just means it’s a film well-worth watching.
Variety also goes on to add that the film got “big laughs”, confirming that there’s a good dose of comedy in Schoenbrun’s bloody ode to 80s slashers. I would expect nothing less, considering those films are also full of laughs (sometimes unintended). They describe Miasma as a, “biting critique of Hollywood reboot culture, particularly major studios’ desire to bring “woke” sensibilities to long-dormant franchise IP“, while offering up “insanely over-the-top slasher sequences that leave the majority of actors drenched in blood.“
That description alone tells me this could be Schoenbrun’s most entertaining work yet. The gorehound in me is practically shaking with excitement. After all, Schoenbrun’s follow-up to We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, titled I Saw the TV Glow, was one of my favorite films of 2024. If nothing else, I know they’re going to unleash something weird, surreal and entirely unique.
In the film, “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.”
Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”) and Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) star with Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow) as Little Death.
Also starring are Amanda Fix (), (), (), (“Severance”), (“Saturday Night Live”), (“Twin Peaks”), (), (), (“The Kids in the Hall”), and ().
