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Holy Spider

Movie
2022
1h 58m
NR
Persian
Crime, Drama, Thriller
User Score: 
7.4
Critic Score: 
75
Holy Spider' Poster
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.
Holy Spider Poster

Holy Spider

NR
Movie
2022
1h 58m
Persian
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.4
IMDB
Holy Spider (2022) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
75

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Directed By: Ali Abbasi

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juarezs says...
3 months ago
Holy Spider is a great film, but not a spectacular one as I expected after reading many positive reviews praising it. The production, directing, acting and soundtrack were all good, but the movie is unnecessarily long. Many scenes could have been made shorter or simply deleted from the final cut. On the other hand, the message of how religion can sometimes serve as an excuse for people to commit heinous crimes and still have popular support based on a false sense of morality was perfectly delivered.
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edgrande says...
one year 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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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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Featured User Reviews

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
2 years 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
one year 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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