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Holy Spider

2022 · 118 min

A grim, suffocating plunge into a city's moral rot, gripping like a true-crime procedural but leaving a cold, sickened weight behind.

Directed by
Ali Abbasi
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Crime
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.

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Directed by
Ali Abbasi
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Crime
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • gender
  • morality
  • faith
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
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Action4
Horror6
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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