What To Watch After 'Camp Miasma'

The Friday the 13th franchise is a huge foundation for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, considering it's about a person who drowned and came back for revenge, just like Jason Voorhees.

While any Friday the 13th movie is worth the watch for a similar vibe alone, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) gets a special shoutout for showcasing the revival of Jason after dying and introducing the undead revenant stage of his character arc. The film features some brutal kills and is one of the best movies in the franchise. Funny enough, its themes of revival also mirror the conclusion of Camp Miasma in some ways.

Another movie referenced in Camp Miasma is Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994). The film takes a meta approach to slashers by asking the audience, "What if Freddy Krueger was real?" What results is a return to the series' horror roots, giving us a scary story that still has the charm of the franchise that came before.

Its meta approach to slashers and bringing a concept into the real world are what make New Nightmare such a great companion to Camp Miasma. Camp Miasma never treats itself as a joke, and it is just as its New Nightmare inspiration.

Building on what he did in New Nightmare, Scream (1996) is Wes Craven's masterpiece in terms of meta-horror and forces us all to look at genre tropes and the familiarity they bring. Scream gives us a killer that circumvents the horror tropes and shows that they can be just as dangerous as they are fun.

Camp Miasma's meta approach fits the most with Scream, as it's a horror film about a horror film. But it also explores the why behind its tropes, what gives them power in the genre, and how it can enhance its own story.

One of the best summer camp slashers out there, Sleepaway Camp (1983) follows children as they start their summer at camp, with one addition who is quieter than the others. But as murders start happening around the camp, it leads to a shocking finale that still stays in the minds of viewers.

Sleepaway Camp is one of the most ahead-of-its-time slashers of the '80s and focuses heavily on trans themes (some more problematic than others) and how they are used to fuel the murders in the film. Camp Miasma is no different in how it uses slashers to explore deeper themes, and this film matches that more than any other. In a lot of ways, Sleepaway Camp is crucial to understanding Camp Miasma's critique and reclamation of the "trans murderer trope."

Based on the incredible survival-horror video game series, Silent Hill (2006) follows a mother and daughter who find themselves in the titular foggy town and face the strange, supernatural entities within. 

One of the biggest draws of Silent Hill is seeing the murderous Pyramid Head in live-action. The geometric-skulled monster shares many similarities with Camp Miasma's Little Death, right down to the brutality of their kills, and makes the divisive Silent Hill worth a watch.

One standout of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is the film's co-lead, Hannah Einbinder. But to understand the actress's range, the best way to see it is through the TV series Hacks (2021-2026), which follows the relationship between an established comedian (Jean Smart) and her writer (Einbinder).

Much like Camp Miasma, the film follows the bond between a younger and older woman. While there's no romance in this pairing, there's a lot of heart. Hacks is a great series that explores the complexities of friendships, professionalism, and making a mark in the creative arts when the odds are stacked against you.

One of, if not the, best sci-fi TV shows ever made, The X-Files (1993-2018) follows FBI Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they take on strange cases known as X-Files that push what we think about the unknown. Each episode tackles various genres in sci-fi, thriller, and horror through a procedural lens while still being a fun exploration into the supernatural.

Mulder and Scully's believer and realist perspectives keep the series fresh with each case, and their relationship is what drives the show, to the point that when they left, audiences didn't feel as connected. If you loved Anderson in Camp Miasma, The X-Files and its films are the next step.

Inspired by Thomas Harris' novels revolving around the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Hannibal (2013-2015) is a three-season TV show in which FBI profiler Will Graham meets with forensic psychologist Hannibal Lecter to solve cases. But as Lecter gets closer to Graham, he desires to make him a killer as well.

Gillian Anderson plays Lecter's psychiatrist, Bedelia Du Maurier, and is a series regular from start to finish. She gets close to Lecter as the series progresses, but at great risk to her life, and the result is a great story with a great performance you have to see if you loved her in Camp Miasma.

Halloween (2018) introduced a new idea of bringing back past Scream Queens for a new, more brutal chapter, and this is even teased in Camp Miasma. However, Halloween (2018) is a unique one, as it ignores the previous films and serves as a direct sequel to the original 1978 movie, making Laurie Strode far more deadly and paranoid, and Michael Myers even scarier.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma also explores the idea of bringing back a past Scream Queen, and it works perfectly for the film, which is all about exploring nostalgia and the impact of past horror on a modern audience. In many ways, we wouldn't have Camp Miasma if it weren't for the idea that Halloween introduced and so many others copied.