Jane Schoenbrun’s new horror film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is already making noise after premiering at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
The film, which stars Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, is currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes following its first wave of reviews. For a filmmaker whose last feature, I Saw the TV Glow, became one of the most talked-about cult films of recent years, that early response has only added to the sense that Schoenbrun’s latest could become another major conversation-starter.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma follows a young director who takes on the reboot of a fading slasher franchise, only to become obsessed with the reclusive actress who played the original film’s “final girl”. From there, the film appears to blur horror, fandom, identity and desire into something much stranger than a straightforward genre revival.
The Cannes buzz has centred on the film’s surreal queer slasher energy, with Schoenbrun using the familiar language of horror to explore obsession, self-discovery and the strange pull of pop culture. It also continues the director’s fascination with screens, fandom and the ways fictional worlds can start to feel dangerously real.
For CultureCues, this is exactly the kind of Cannes premiere that feels made for horror obsessives, queer cinema fans and anyone still thinking about I Saw the TV Glow months later. A slasher about remakes, repression and Gillian Anderson as a mysterious final girl? That is a camp invitation worth accepting.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma opens in US cinemas on 7 August, with a UK and Ireland cinema release set for 21 August.
Nikki Murray is a UK-based writer, screenwriter and founder & editor of CultureCues, covering film, television, music and pop culture. Her work focuses on storytelling and the moments shaping modern entertainment.