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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Horror · Romance · 2014
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Movie details
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
“The first Iranian Vampire Western.”
2014 Horror · Romance 1h 41m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Written by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Sheila Vand
The Girl
Arash Marandi
Arash
Marshall Manesh
Hossein 'The Junkie'
Mozhan Navabi
Atti 'The Prostitute'
Dominic Rains
Saeed 'The Pimp'
Rome Shadanloo
Shaydah 'The Princess'
M
Milad Eghbali
The Street Urchin
Court is in session
Put A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.