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Hailed as “The first Iranian vampire Western,” Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a genre-defying masterpiece that blends horror, romance, and stark social commentary. Premiering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the prestigious Next program, the film quickly became a festival sensation, earning awards at Sitges, Deauville, and the Gotham Awards, and solidifying its place as a modern cult classic.

Shot in haunting black-and-white, this mesmerizing film unfolds in the ghostly Bad City, where a mysterious, skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) prowls the streets, preying on men who exploit the vulnerable. When she crosses paths with Arash (Arash Marandi), a struggling young man entangled in his father’s addiction and the city’s criminal underworld, an unexpected connection forms—one filled with tension, tenderness, and bloodlust.

A hypnotic blend of Spaghetti Western influences, eerie horror aesthetics, and a killer soundtrack, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a cinematic fever dream that reinvents the vampire mythos through a feminist, punk-rock lens.

2014. 101 min.