10 Horror Movies That Are Pro-Feminism

2. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

Styled as ‘the first Iranian vampire western’, director Ana Lily Amirpour has tried to sidestep the feminism tag with her first-time feature A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, but considering that its content subverts all that its title suggests – the vulnerable female as soon-to-be victim – it’s easy to understand why it’s also been described as a ‘feminist Iranian vampire movie’ too.

Set in the fictitious Bad City, a depressed Iranian oil town whose real-life setting was actually southern California and reflects Amirpour’s own American-Iranian make-up, the film focuses on the titular Girl – a mysterious vampire who oozes cool as she stalks the barren streets on skateboard decked out in heavy eyeliner, Breton stripes, and a chador that floats around her like Dracula’s cape. As she goes, she dispatches the less than desirable men folk of the town whilst developing a tentative romance with one of its few good men.

A love story might be at its core but it’s hard to deny its Reclaim the Night connotations. Plus, it’s beautifully shot in black and white, spoken entirely in Farsi, and boasts a David Lynch meets Jim Jarmusch aesthetic which gives it instant bonus points for being one of the most artfully executed horrors since Suspiria.