A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night(2014)
2014 · Ana Lily Amirpour · 101 min
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.
Horror · Romance
6.8983 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night?
There's a hypnotic, dreamlike stillness to watching this, like drifting through a town that feels half-asleep and forgotten by time. The pace is unhurried and moody, built more on long silences, empty streets, and lingering stares than on scares or shocks. Its black-and-white look and quiet, romantic sadness matter more than any sense of danger, so it works better as a strange, melancholy mood piece than a fright fest. It's a good pick if you want something atmospheric and a little haunting rather than something that makes you jump.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night rates psychological 4/5, visceral 1/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 1 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 8 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 12 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, dreamy, atmospheric drift with only occasional bursts of unease rather than a big buildup to a climax.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2.
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