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‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ Director Jane Schoenbrun On Horror, Body Image And Being Starstruck By Gillian Anderson: “I Was A Huge ‘X-Files’ Obsessive. It Was My Life”

Deadline·Damon Wise·6 months ago
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Jane Schoenbrun made a splash at Sundance in 2021 with We’re All Going to the World’s Fair , a creepy low-budget horror about a young girl drawn into a nihilistic and potentially deadly online game of dares. Next came I Saw the TV Glow , the trippy, neon-hued story of two young people who bond over the sudden cancellation of their favorite cult YA fantasy TV show.

Add two legit stars, a bit more money, and now you get Schoenbrun’s latest, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma , a bloody valentine to the golden age of video stores and irresponsible babysitters who watched VHS shockers with children far too young for The Evil Dead .…

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