The Moody Vibes of Vampire Western ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Bad City.

After celebrating Earth Day with queer director Lee Haven Jones’ The Feast (listen), we kicked off May with a fresh look at Ridley Scott‘s 2001 adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel Hannibal (listen). Now Trace and I are changing directions dramatically with a look at Ana Lily Amirpour’s Iranian vampire Western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).

In the film, which is set in the fictional desert(ed) town of Bad City, The Girl (Sheila Vand) wanders – or occasionally skateboards – around, looking for victims. The nameless vampire appears to have a code wherein she attacks (primarily) bad men, though everything changes when she has a meet-cute with Arash (Arash Manradi), a cute but aimless young man who offers her something different.

But will Arash accept her when he learns the dark truth about what she’s done to contribute to the pile of bodies in town? Is he in danger from his new love? And will the cat survive?

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Episode 334: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) feat. Abby Olcese

Grab your chador and the cat because we’re talking Ana Lily Amirpour’s feature debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014).

Joining us on the skateboard into Bad City is writer Abby Olcese, who appreciates the mood of this black and white Iranian Western vampire film.

Plus: the Girl’s moral code, the film’s open ending, drug dealer decor, and why Arash is such a clingy sad boy.

Cross out A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night!

Coming up on Wednesday: We’re digging into a classic with a look at Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror opus, The Shining (1980).

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