A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) feat. Abby Olcese

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Grab your chador and the cat because we're talking Ana Lily Amirpour's feature debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014). Joining us on the skateboard into Bad City is writer Abby Olcese, who appreciates the mood of this black and white Iranian Western vampire film. Plus: the Girl's moral code, the film's open ending, drug dealer decor, and why Arash is such a clingy sad boy. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group or brand new Horror Queers Discord to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @joelipsett (BlueSky) / @bstolemyremote (Instagram) > Abby: @abbyolcese Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode is presented by Dark Sky Films, A Desert, in theaters May 16th.
0:05.3	You'll never guess what nightmares are lurking in the desert.
0:08.1	In Dark Sky Films' twisted new thriller, A Desert, we follow a photographer on a road trip
0:12.8	across the American Southwest who's thrust into the nihilistic underbelly of America
0:17.3	and drags his wife and a shady private detective down into this nightmare world with
0:22.0	him. Starring Zachary Ray Sherman, Sarah Lind, Kai Lennox, and the Jesus Lizards David Yao
0:27.8	with an original score from Ty Siegel. A Desert takes the noir, horror, and thriller genres,
0:33.0	and flips them on their ear. Bloody Disgusting calls it refreshingly unpredictable. Collider says the ending
0:38.7	pulls no punches and Indywire praises a desert's wild ending. Dark Sky Films presents a desert. See it in
0:45.5	theatres May 16th. What's Siegel in Spanish granddad? El Seagull. And what's a beach ball?
0:55.3	El Beach Bowl.
0:56.5	What about a sunbed, Dad?
0:58.8	El Sunbed.
1:00.3	Retirement planning with Aviva can help make priceless family holidays possible.
1:05.0	You're really good at Spanish, aren't you, Grandad?
1:07.9	I'm pretty much a local, love.
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1:10.9	and retirement,
1:12.2	we can help solve
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1:14.8	Making a click,
1:15.9	it takes a Viva.
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