In Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun’s phantasmagorical slasher-cum-orgasm-comedy, Hanna Einbinder’s Kris laments her childhood: “I think I watched too many movies at a young age and it fucked me up.” Right there with you, buddy.

A short essay about Diabolique (1955), genre, twists, ghosts, and Columbo.