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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.
- (26K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Ali Abbasi
- 2023-01-13
Holy Spider is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes in Mashhad, Iran. The film follows a fictional female journalist who investigates the case and confronts the killer, who claims to be cleansing the city in the name of Imam Reza.
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...
- (142)
- Zar Amir-Ebrahimi
- Ali Abbasi
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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.
https://www.holyspider.com/In Holy Spider, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest — to “cleanse” the holy Iranian city of Mashha...
- 2 min
- 403.5K
- Utopia
The official trailer for HOLY SPIDER, from the director of BORDER Ali Abbasi and starring Cannes Best Actress winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Now streaming exclusively in the UK, Ireland, Argentina...
- 2 min
- 179.2K
- MUBI
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May 22, 2022 · ‘Holy Spider’ Review: A Taut, True-Crime Procedural Tangled in the Wicked Web of Iranian Patriarchy. Iranian-born director Ali Abbasi revisits the 2001 case of a faith-driven murderer...