A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (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.

Director:

Ana Lily Amirpour

Writer:

Ana Lily Amirpour

Stars:

Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh

7 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sheila Vand	...	The Girl
Arash Marandi	...	Arash
Marshall Manesh	...	Hossein 'The Junkie'
Mozhan Marnò	...	Atti 'The Prostitute'
Dominic Rains	...	Saeed 'The Pimp'
Rome Shadanloo	...	Shaydah 'The Princess'
Milad Eghbali	...	The Street Urchin
Reza Sixo Safai	...	Rockabilly
Ray Haratian	...	The Boss 'Commercil'
Ana Lily Amirpour	...	Skeleton Partygirl
Pej Vahdat	...	DJ Porno
Masuka The Cat	...	The Cat (as Masuka)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maruti Garikiparthi	...	Marcus (as Maruti Gariki)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | iranian vampire western | drugs | ghost town | cat | 

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Taglines:

The first Iranian Vampire Western

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

Persian

Release Date:

20 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Garota Que Anda à Noite

Filming Locations:

Taft, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Say Ahh Productions, SpectreVision, Logan Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in Taft, California despite the setting of the film being middle-eastern.

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Goofs

Although the movie is set in the Iranian ghost-town Bad City. Two locomotives from the California area are seen at the power plant after The Girl gets her ears pierced. Two engines, one marked CEFX 3048 and one marked Railink RLK 2121 are seen pulling some GATX corporation cars. CEFX 3048's and RLK 2121's normal area of operations would be in California.

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Quotes

Arash: If there was a storm coming right now, a big storm, from behind those mountains, would it matter? Would it change anything?

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Connections

Referenced in T00nVision: A Halloween Discussion (2017)

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Soundtracks

Dancing Girls
Written by John Padgett (aka Johnny Jewel)
Performed by Farah

User Reviews

Mesmerizing - like the gaze of a vampire

I am a horror fan since the days of black and white creature features. I have always loved a good, offbeat vampire movie such as the original Let The Right One In. I rate A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night just below that movie -- but still an outstanding horror movie -- in a genre in which excellence is so rare.

The actors are great. You hate the pimp / drug dealer; you like the young man; you sympathize with and simultaneously hate the pathetic, old, drug-addicted pervert. The vampire - you love her. She is an exotic beauty underneath a black cloak. I'm guessing the director chose this actress for her eyes -- beautiful and hypnotic.

The setting - Bad Town - is the type of bleak, lawless industrial town where a vampire could prey for a long time before moving on.

I would have enjoyed this movie in color, but black and white is fitting for its dark atmosphere. Highly recommended.