Camp Crystal Lake. Camp Blackfoot. Camp Arawak. And now Camp Miasma. The sun’s shining and the water’s cool, so peel off your crop top and jean shorts, and dive right into FANGORIA’s latest one-shot issue – the ultimate guide to horror’s sweatiest subgenre, the summer camp slasher.
Friday the 13th introduced a subgenre of cursed camps and counselor casualties, and vital followups such as Sleepaway Camp, The Burning and Madman kept the campfire stoked through the 1980s. Recent hits like The Final Girls and Fear Street 1978 brought fresh blood to the genre, and this summer, a brand new camper has arrived at the cabin in the woods, with acclaimed filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma set to put a nostalgic, meta spin on the tropes we’ve come to know, love and fear.
On stands on July 31, the limited edition, dual cover, 100-page FANGORIA Presents: Camp Slashers will honor these beloved films with in-depth commentary and little-seen images, offer exclusive, brand-new interviews from Friday the 13th‘s director Sean S. Cunningham and composer Harry Manfredini, give readers unparalleled access to the action behind the scenes of Camp Miasma, and much, much more. Perfect reading for relaxing by the lake, cool drink in hand, while you and your pals try to ignore that mysterious masked stranger lurking in the bushes…
Curated by guest editor and camp slasher expert Brian W. Collins (Horror Movie A Day), FANGORIA Presents: Camp Slashers brings together some of horror’s most celebrated journalists, editors, and authors for the most in-depth approach since Cropsy swam up to that raft.
* Speaking of which, we have Richard Newby exploring the urban legend that sparked The Burning.
* Brian W. Collins goes macro with a guide through the treacherous woods of the entire subgenre, and then zeroes in on the iconic sleeping bag scene in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood.
* But if that’s not your favorite camp kill, don’t sweat it. Matt Donato resurrects his Killing It! column for a rundown of the unlucky 13 best (/worst) deaths in camp slasher history, illustrated with brand-new art by Ryan Samuel Carr!
* Todd Gilchrist goes back to the beginning with long-form conversations with Friday the 13th creator Sean S. Cunningham and composer Harry Manfredini.
* DieDieBooks’ Sleepaway Camp authors BJ and Harmony Colangelo pack their vast expertise for the unlikely journey from summer camp slasher to pillar of trans horror cinema.
* Amelia Emberwing explores the many riffs, spins, and surprising stabs that have been churned up in the wake of these classics.
* Ama Lea interviews director Todd Strauss-Schulson about his modern meta masterpiece The Final Girls.
* And Michael Gingold brings us up to today with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, delivering two sharp and insightful conversations with the film’s writer/director Jane Schoenbrun, and with stars Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder.
Pre-order your copy of FANGORIA Presents: Camp Slashers right here, and if you’re not caught up with our other must-have one-shot issues, you can grab FANGORIA Presents: Frankenstein here, and FANGORIA Presents: Vampires right here.
