2022 1h 58m Ali Abbasi

Holy Spider

Name: Holy Spider
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Released: 2022
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad

★ 7.3 IMDb

Drama Crime Mystery & 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.

Writers Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Ali Abbasi

Cast Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad

DP Nadim Carlsen

Production Designer Lina Nordqvist

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Holy Spider by David Jenkins, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

Memories of Murder: "Holy Spider" and Serial Killer Cinema by Kelli Weston, MUBI Notebook

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