Holy Spider

Jul 13, 2022

1h 58m

★ 7.3

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Profile Pictures

One Two Films

Nordisk Film Sweden

Goodfellas

Film i Väst

Why Not Productions

ZDF/Arte

ARTE France Cinéma

The Imaginarium Films

Rotor Film

Holy Spider Trailers

Cast

Rahimi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Saeed

Mehdi Bajestani

Sharifi

Arash Ashtiani

Fatima

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Rostami

Sina Parvaneh

Judge

Nima Akbarpour

Zinab

Sara Fazilat

Somayeh

Alice Rahimi

Lawyer

Ali Nazarian

Saeed's Mother

Sima Seyed

Hagi

Firouz Ageli

Prosecutor

Farhad Faghih Habibi

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