A "flesh palace" and a taxidermy-filled gas station are among the sets built for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a 2026 American slasher film directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder. The title nods to the lurid naming conventions of 1970s and 1980s slasher movies, and the production design goes to equally theatrical lengths to match that spirit. Dezeen

Production designers Brandon Tonner-Connolly and Matt Hyland led the build, shooting mainly on location across two functioning summer camps on Vancouver Island, Canada. They sourced taxidermied animals locally on the island to dress a run-down gas station set, and used matte glass painting — a technique where backgrounds are painted directly onto glass plates placed in front of the camera — to create fantastical scenery such as fairytale-like mountains rising behind the old camp site. Dezeen

The film centres on a filmmaker named Kris, played by Hannah Einbinder, who is tasked with reviving the fictional Camp Miasma franchise. Gillian Anderson plays Billy, the star of the cult horror film that launched the franchise, now living on the abandoned summer camp that featured in the original. The cast also includes Patrick Fischler and Amanda Fix. Dezeen; IMDb

Schoenbrun both wrote and directed the film, which was produced for Plan B and Mubi. It was promoted at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in May 2026, where Schoenbrun, Anderson and Einbinder attended a photocall. A Deadline interview conducted at the festival described the project as a "meta-slasher," while Variety reviewed it as a "slasher homage/parody." Deadline; Variety

Tonner-Connolly's website lists The Lowdown — an FX project by Sterlin Harjo and Ethan Hawke — and the Schoenbrun film among his recent design credits, while IMDb gives him 24 production designer credits and earlier property department work on the 2016 film One Fall. Brandon Tonner-Connolly; IMDb

The design team prioritised emotional resonance over the hyper-realism common in contemporary film, according to an interview published on 5 August 2026. The Set Set

For a genre that has always traded on atmosphere as much as story, that choice of priorities tells you something about where Camp Miasma is coming from. Painted glass mountains and locally sourced taxidermy are not the usual toolkit of a 2026 horror shoot. They are the toolkit of a film that wants its sets to feel handmade, strange and a little unreal — much like the B-movie titles it borrows its name from.