Synopsis
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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Cast
- Sheila VandThe Girl
- Arash MarandiArash
- Marshall ManeshHossein 'The Junkie'
- Mozhan MarnòAtti 'The Prostitute'
- Dominic RainsSaeed 'The Pimp'
- Rome ShadanlooShaydah 'The Princess'
- Milad EghbaliThe Street Urchin
- Reza Sixo SafaiRockabilly
- Ray HaratianThe Boss 'Commercial'
- Ana Lily AmirpourSkeleton Partygirl
Recommendations
- 100
IndieWire
Shot in gorgeously expressionistic black-and-white and fusing multiple genres into a thoroughly original whole, Amirpour has crafted a beguiling, cryptic and often surprisingly funny look at personal desire that creeps up on you with the nimble powers of its supernatural focus. - 91
The Playlist
It's a new vampire classic, one to treasure endlessly. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Beguiling in its strangeness, yet also effortlessly evoking recognizable emotions such as loneliness and the feeling of being stuck in a dead-end town and life, this moody and gorgeous film is finally more about atmosphere and emotions than narrative -- and none the worse for it. - 80
Variety
It etches a sweet, sad and solemnly fatalistic love story between feeding times. - 80
Village Voice
In the end, this morphing of ideas and styles is more deadpan romantic than sociocritical, and sweeter for it. - 80
Time Out
The plot’s tired blood is jumped up considerably by style; all in all, it's an intoxicating blend of eerie horror and ’80s pop, made by an artist to keep an eye on. - 75
Slant Magazine
To dismiss it as simply an act of hipster appropriation is to cop out, because appropriation is the film's thematic meat. - 70
The Dissolve
The film sometimes seems to get lost in self-admiration and its own melancholy mood. Still, Amirpour maintains that mood exquisitely well.
