Horror · Romance
American
2014 · Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour · 101 min
In Bad City, an Iranian-styled ghost town of oil pumps and empty streets, a lonely young woman in a chador walks the night. Her path crosses with a young man trying to hold his life together. A black-and-white vampire romance, quiet, stylised and dryly funny.
Why it matters in cinema history
A key film of the 2010s wave of art-house horror, and an early landmark of a new Iranian-diaspora voice in American independent cinema.
Watch with intention
Watch it as mood and image first: a film built from compositions, silences and music rather than plot mechanics.
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