Holy Spider

Movie

2022

1h 58m

Persian

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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7.4

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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.

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Holy Spider

Movie

2022

1h 58m

Persian

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Cast

Rahimi

Saeed

Sharifi

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Fatima

Rostami

Judge

Zinab

Somayeh

Lawyer

Saeed's Mother

Hagi

Prosecutor

Ali

Soghra

Photographer

Gholam

Khadijeh

Zahra

Directed By: Ali Abbasi

Written By: Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami

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edgrande says...

10 months ago

Script 2.5 Acting 1.5 Cinematography 1.5 Enjoy 0.7 6.2/10. Femin1st, this Is a true patriarchy.

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Lee Brown Barrow says...

one year ago

Quite fascinating in its telling as this is as much a study of prejudice as it is a serial killer thriller. It's very disturbing in parts so certainly not for the squeamish.

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jjjjs says...

one year ago

A movie that looks like a carpet on his poster. Okay, but tediously woven from repetitive elements of oriental color - here is Faith, here are the Customs and Prohibitions, the general approval of the Wretchedness of one's life, but suddenly, the Pattern becomes intricate! Take a closer look, it is not just beautiful. But elegant gives simple answers to the right questions. No one, not even us, will get what they expect!

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Khose01 says...

11 months ago

Despite some predictability in the plot, I still found the film highly enjoyable. What truly captivated me was the director's use of rawness to portray the stories of the women and their struggles in a cruel, patriarchal world lacking in humanity and empathy. If I had to sum up the film in one word, "raw" would be my choice.

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Saint Pauly

7/10 2 years ago

Like a director's cut of Law & Order: SVU, Holy Spider is 2 hours long, based on a true story and all about hunting down a serial killer and then trying to prosecute him.

While the film meanders and stalls a bit in the middle, the ambitious project hits more bases than it misses. It takes on More

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CinemaSerf

one year ago

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, investigat More

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

9 months ago

**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, cult More

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