‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ winks and blows a blood-soaked kiss at horror films of queer past

By Scott Malia, Associate Professor of Theatre, College of the Holy Cross, The Conversation · September 29, 2026

Slasher films have notoriously played into homophobic and transphobic tropes. But queer and trans fans love them anyway, and ‘Camp Miasma’ addresses that tension head-on.

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