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Holy Spider ( Persian: عنکبوت مقدس, romanized : Ankabut-e moqaddas) is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film co-produced, co-written and directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes and killed 16 women from 2000 to ...
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- Ali Abbasi
- Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek, Ali Abbasi
Jan 13, 2023 · Holy Spider: Directed by Ali Abbasi. With Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani. 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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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Ali Abbasi
- 2023-01-13
Oct 28, 2022 · It's been charged that misogyny is at the heart of the Islamic Republic’s rules that women must cover their hair in public, and the same issue is central to “Holy Spider.”. The film dramatizes the true story of a serial killer who murdered 16 prostitutes in 2000-2001. Saeed Hanaei was a laborer and Iran-Iraq War veteran who reportedly ...
Oct 28, 2022 · In HOLY SPIDER, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest -- to "cleanse" the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt street prostitutes. After murdering ...
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- Zar Amir-Ebrahimi
- Ali Abbasi
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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Oct 27, 2022 · Like many a serial-killer drama, “Holy Spider” is a grisly-gruesome thriller parading as a moral tale. Directed by the Denmark-based Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi, the movie tells the story of ...
Watch Holy Spider | Netflix. In the city of Mashhad, Iran, a killer vows to "cleanse the streets" from sin. As sex workers turn up dead, a reporter from Tehran investigates. Watch trailers & learn more.
