We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is an intimate coming-of-age horror film

The article revisits Jane Schoenbrun’s debut film, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, amid theatrical attention for their latest work. It frames the movie as a lonely, unsettling coming-of-age story built around an online ARG-style challenge and a teenage girl’s direct-to-camera vulnerability.

The piece highlights how modern horror increasingly draws power from internet rituals, parasocial performance, and adolescent isolation rather than traditional monsters. Schoenbrun’s work reflects a broader trend toward intimate digital horror that treats online identity as both a refuge and a source of dread.