Holy Spider
NR
7.3
2022
1 hr 58 min
Drama
, Thriller
, Crime
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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- Cast：
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi , Mehdi Bajestani , Sina Parvaneh , Nima Akbarpour , Sara Fazilat , Alice Rahimi , Ariane Naziri
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Reviews
One of the best films i have seen
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just watch it!
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Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
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