Wuthering Heights (2026) exhibits all the characteristics of camp: theatrics and exaggerated stylization. However, it lacks the essence of camp: a contradiction of oppression. The fake camp in Wuthering Heights transforms a survival strategy for the oppressed into a hollow luxury for the privileged. The financial success of “Wuthering Heights” indicates the commodification of camp, where the filmmaker takes camp, a form of resistance, and turns it into a source of profit from

What does it really mean to adapt a novel, and how can one succeed or fail in doing so? These questions have long tormented authors, filmmakers, and audiences alike. Emerald Fennell’s 2026 “Wuthering Heights” takes a controversial approach to reimagining Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, simultaneously illuminating the question while complicating it further.