Overview
In a hauntingly beautiful ghost town, a lonely vampire finds love amidst the darkness.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- brooding
- dreamy
- eerie
- late night viewing
- arthouse horror night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Ana Lily Amirpour's debut for blending familiar vampire and western elements into an atmospheric, feminist, and strikingly original romance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film explicitly frames its vampire story through western conventions in the fictional Iranian ghost town of Bad City.
The Girl stalks the town's depraved male figures, including a pimp and other abusers, while retaining control over her own desire and violence.
Black-and-white night imagery, stark silhouettes, and the desolate town transform the setting into a dreamlike supernatural underworld.
The Girl and Arash are lonely figures drawn together despite her vampirism and his precarious life in Bad City.
Films like A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and why
Only Lovers Left Alive
stylized vampire mythology, romantic melancholy, and atmospheric black comedy
The Love Witch
feminist horror, surreal atmosphere, and subversion of genre conventions
Dead Man
black and white genre stylization, lonely outsiders, and deadpan supernatural mood
Under the Shadow
Iranian setting, poetic alienation, and formally distinctive slow-burn atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Ana Lily Amirpour
- Release Date
- 2014-11-21
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (982)
Cast
- Sheila Vand
- Arash Marandi
- Marshall Manesh
- Mozhan Navabi
- Dominic Rains
- Rome Shadanloo
- Milad Eghbali
- Reza Sixo Safai
- Ray Haratian
- Ana Lily Amirpour
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Kino Film Collection
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night about?
- In a stark nocturnal underworld, a lonely female vampire and a troubled young man find a dangerous form of intimacy amid corruption and decay.
- What is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night as slow, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night as moderate.
- What did critics think of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night?
- Critics broadly praised Ana Lily Amirpour's debut for blending familiar vampire and western elements into an atmospheric, feminist, and strikingly original romance.
- Which films are like A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night?
- Films with a similar feel include Only Lovers Left Alive, The Love Witch, Dead Man, and Under the Shadow.
- How long is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night?
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night?
- In United States, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night streams on Kino Film Collection.
