101 mins |
Rated
TBC
Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
Starring Arash Marandi, Dominic Rains, Sheila Vand, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Rome Shadanloo
Vampire Weekends
The inhabitants of an Iranian ghost-town called Bad City ought to fear the silhouette of a lone girl in a hijab. There is power there that they've overlooked.
Much beloved for its singular perspective, Ana Lily Amirpour's A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014) is one of the most unique additions and expansions on vampire lore and cinema to date. It is unlike anything you've seen in the vampire cannon, and unfortunately it is unlike many films shown in the West.
Not often does a film transform and upend a narrative genre, exact bloody commentary upon oppressive societies, and do so in a stunning black & white visual style all its own. It deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as the greatest social horror films of the 21st Century. Films such as EX MACHINA (2014) and GET OUT (2017) just to name a couple.
FURTHER READING:
Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years (2022) by Christopher Frayling (Available at the Chelsea!)
I Spit On Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies (2024) by Heidi Honeycutt (Available soon at the Chelsea! Featuring Stephanie Rothman, director of THE VELVET VAMPIRE, 1971)
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Vampire Weekends
The inhabitants of an Iranian ghost-town called Bad City ought to fear the silhouette of a lone girl in a hijab. There is power there that they've overlooked.
Much beloved for its singular perspective, Ana Lily Amirpour's A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014) is one of the most unique additions and expansions on vampire lore and cinema to date. It is unlike anything you've seen in the vampire cannon, and unfortunately it is unlike many films shown in the West.
Not often does a film transform and upend a narrative genre, exact bloody commentary upon oppressive societies, and do so in a stunning black & white visual style all its own. It deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as the greatest social horror films of the 21st Century. Films such as EX MACHINA (2014) and GET OUT (2017) just to name a couple.
FURTHER READING:
Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years (2022) by Christopher Frayling (Available at the Chelsea!)
I Spit On Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies (2024) by Heidi Honeycutt (Available soon at the Chelsea! Featuring Stephanie Rothman, director of THE VELVET VAMPIRE, 1971)
