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Holy Spider

Holy Spider

20227.31h 58m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ali Abbasi
Written by Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Ali Abbasi, Jonas Wagner
Produced by Jacob Jarek, Sol Bondy, Ali Abbasi
Box Office0Revenue: $1.3M

Top Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Rahimi

Mehdi Bajestani

Mehdi Bajestani

Saeed

A

Arash Ashtiani

Sharifi

F

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Fatima

Sina Parvaneh

Sina Parvaneh

Rostami

Nima Akbarpour

Nima Akbarpour

Judge

Sara Fazilat

Sara Fazilat

Zinab

Alice Rahimi

Alice Rahimi

Somayeh

A

Ali Nazarian

Lawyer

S

Sima Seyed

Saeed's Mother

Themes & Keywords

journalistprostituteinvestigationbased on true storyserial killerreligioniran

About Holy Spider

Holy Spider is a thriller, drama, crime film released in 2022 exploring themes of journalist, prostitute, investigation, based on true story, serial killer, religion. Directed by Ali Abbasi, it stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani. 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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