Holy Spider
ThrillerDramaCrimeHorror
7.268/10
|DK
|fa
|118 min
Release Date: 2022-07-13
Overview - A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
Production Companies
Profile PicturesOne Two FilmsNordisk Film SwedenFilm i VästWhy Not ProductionsZDF/Arte
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
Over a relatively short period of time, over a dozen dead women are found bundled by the roadside - and the police are baffled? The women have not been sexually assaulted, but strangled using a knot tied in their headscarves. Not convinced that everything is being done by the authorities, investigative journalist "Rahimi" (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) decides to get to the truth. Meantime, we follow the lif...
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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
7/10
**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com** “Holy Spider” is a disturbing crime thriller that’s based on the true story of the “Spider Killer” Saeed Hanaei, a man who murdered 16 female sex workers in Iran in the early 2000s. It’s a chilling tale of the intersection of religion, culture, social status, and sexism, and despite director Ali Abbasi sometimes crossing the line into more sordid ter...
