10 Most Underrated Female Horror Movie Monsters In History
2. The Girl - A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Directed by Iranian-American Ana Lily Amirpour and with dialogue entirely in Persian, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night from 2014 carries the tagline “The First Iranian Vampire Western”.
How can you read that and not want to see it?
The titular “Girl” is played by Sheila Vand and, as the name of the film suggests, she spends her nights walking the streets of a dingy Iranian city. She is far from vulnerable though, as The Girl is actually a vampire who delights in drinking the blood of lost souls.
That is, until she meets Arash.
The Girl is taken with the young man (played by Arash Marandi) and the two spend a lot of time together. All seems to be going well, but a small bump in the road appears when The Girl kills Arash’s father. Yeah, that’ll do it.
Even though she is clearly dangerous, The Girl represents something that Arash has never experienced in his life before - power. This film explores that idea, plus many more themes including class, crime, and gender, all whilst presenting a badass monster who deserves to be considered a modern horror great.