Overview
- The film, written and directed by nonbinary filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun and starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, opens in select U.S. theaters on Aug. 7.
- The story follows Kris, a queer filmmaker hired to reboot the fictional Camp Miasma franchise, who visits the original film’s reclusive star and finds the line between movie and reality blurring.
- Critics describe the movie as a meta, cine‑literate slasher that intentionally references classics like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp while interrogating the legacy of transfeminine‑coded horror villains.
- Production coverage highlights explicit, narratively integrated sex scenes filmed with an intimacy coordinator, intensive actor prep on slasher tropes, and highly physical practical blood effects that cast gore as part of the film’s erotic and emotional language.
- After a Cannes festival run with queer‑film recognition, the film’s MUBI‑style arthouse release is positioned to widen visibility for queer filmmakers and to prompt more studio financing for such projects if it finds a receptive audience.