A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night // Fang Favorites

In an Iranian ghost-town, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a vampire dir. Ana Lily Amirpour / 2014 / 101 min. / Persian w/ English subtitles The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno and Morricone-inspired riffs, its airy, anamorphic, black-and-white aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering tension of Sergio Leone with the surrealism of David Lynch. Every Friday in October, a Stray Cat programmer chose a Fang Favorite to immortalize this holiday season. Prepare to feast on blood, seduction, and a whole lot of angst!