Jane Schoenbrun’s forthcoming horror film, *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma*, reworks the 1980s summer-camp slasher into a queer, self-aware story about filmmaking, fandom and desire. The Collider interview focuses on Schoenbrun’s difficult route to securing finance, with MUBI ultimately backing the project, and on their efforts to translate an unconventional vision into a larger-scale production.

Hannah Einbinder plays Kris, a young director asked to reboot the failing Camp Miasma franchise, while Gillian Anderson portrays Billy, the original film’s reclusive “final girl”. Their connection at the former filming location triggers a violent awakening, and the cast also includes Zach Cherry, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Patrick Fischler and Jack Haven as the killer Little Death. Schoenbrun said queer liberation remains a difficult selling point in Hollywood, despite describing the film as funny, sexy and intended as an enjoyable cinema experience.