After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
You don’t have to be a fan of the genre – or even like to be scared at the movies – to enjoy “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” or follow along on its satisfying emotional stations of the cross. -Ty Burr
As the laughs and violence pile up, the film pivots to gutting the genre: exposing the transphobic, misogynist and traumatic aspects that touched and triggered a generation of millennials. What results is a daring new film that’s wildly original.. -Thelma Adams, AARP Movies For Grownups