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53 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Sep 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 22, 2026 · How this works
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Holy Spider is a 2022 thriller drama crime film, directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani and Forouzan Jamshidnejad.
- 49 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Jan 8, 2023 to Sep 17, 2026
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53 of 53 · most liked firstDidn't expect Now E Movie Movie Play on Viu+ (yellow) to have so many indie and international arthouse films Fallen Leaves Aftersun The Four Daughters Close R.M.N. Vox Lux Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Return To Seoul Holy Spider Flee Burning The Farewell www.viu.com/ott/hk/zh/ca...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's film: Holy Spider
neutral · AI labelView post →Currently watching. HOLY SPIDER. Persian language movie based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes and killed at least 16 women. #FilmSky #Mubi
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Letterboxd #filmsky A Man Escaped (1956) Anna Karenina (1948) The Phone Call (2013) Holy Spider (2022)
neutral · AI labelView post →So when Ali Abbasi made Holy Spider-a movie about how Iran's purity culture dehumanises women-and The Apprentice-about how a rapist used sheer force of aggressive narcassistic will to achieve power-his perspectivw was more "This is excellent actually I like this"
negative · AI labelView post →Finished #watching #HOLYSPIDER - deserves its plaudits, not only for Zar Amir Ebrahimi as the defiant journalist Arezoo Rahimi but also the excellent score by Martin Dirkov. Its a films where you're constantly fearful of Rahimi's safety as her investigation rocks many a boat. #filmsky #horrorsky
positive · AI labelView post →not sure i entirely trust Netflix's definitions of noir, as "Holy Spider" was under "Nordic Noir" for some reason (it... is Iranian afaik) but I've now got a list of noir suggestions to try and locate throughout #Noirvember. 🍿📽️ letterboxd.com/cmrosens/lis...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 📽️💀 Holy Spider (2022) #crime #thriller
neutral · AI labelView post →I think my favourite movie in the franchise is Holy Spider
positive · AI labelView post →On Deck - Diagonale Films' SIMONE BARBES OR VIRTUE at Market Video, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK + live orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, Final Girls Film Club selection HOLY SPIDER at Cinecycle, Palestine doc A STATE OF PASSION at Redwood Theatre, dance film FINDING ME at Royal #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →random movie recommendations by Luna!(tm): - Suzhou River - Holy Spider - Violent Cop - Night And The City - Black Coal, Thin Ice - Nightcrawler - Oldboy - Night Of The 12th damn im a sucker for noir and neonoir lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately no. i first heard of it from a youtube video my algorithm threw up. and it looked interesting. i was not prepared for it. Incredible film. One of the more recent one I saw was Holy Spider..which was pretty good too.
positive · AI labelView post →classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
neutral · AI labelView post →Holy Spider was about as gutting of a movie as possible, based on a true story. A very hard but worthwhile watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Holy Spider directed by Ali Abbasi it's good i guess? unfortunately it's too hammy in a way that just didn't work for me, vulgar in a forced way that it felt at odds with itself at times. and i hate this poster, empty calory transgressiveness.
negative · AI labelView post →But Holy Spider, Abbasi's previous, Iranian-language film about an real-life Islamist serial killer murdering prostitutes, has a similar thing in my mind about the hollowness of these people and the degree they don't quite know themselves but feed off of their reactionary fan-base instead
neutral · AI labelView post →That sucks, I really thought Holy Spider was good. It really just seems ill conceived, a movie for no one.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching “Holy Spider” on Netflix. “Inspired by true events, “ namely a serial killer in Iran who killed 16 prostitutes between 2000 and 2001. Very different, complex film; explores the murders in the context of an overwhelmingly religious and patriarchal culture. Highly recommend. #Movies #holyspidermovie #moviereview
positive · AI labelView post →Holy Spider (Abbasi, 2022) was a much better film than I expected, particularly considering the reviews I read. The acting was particularly amazing. I think I would watch Zahra Amir Ebrahimi in anything. Across the board, there was some very strong work from the cast. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) Holy Spider 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$7.99 (Foreign) (iMDB) 7.5 Cast: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour
neutral · AI labelView post →I highly recommend the movie "Holy Spider" from 2022 It's on the Netflix right now Everything about it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ youtu.be/27wZZ6O1IBc?...
positive · AI labelView post →22 May 2022: Persian-language crime thriller ‘Holy Spider’ (Ankabut-e Moqaddas), directed by Ali Abbasi, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes score: 82% Letterboxd score: 3.6 (72%) #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Mindhunter #Zodiac #HolySpider 4 Years Later, Netflix's 82% Crime Thriller Is a Must-Watch for 'Mindhunter' Fans Before It Leaves Streaming http://dlvr.it/TRdpJd
neutral · AI labelView post →There is some great Iranian cinema. Holy Spider is about a serial killer, and the female journalist who risks her life to solve the case. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugq_...
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Thriller Movies Released on January 13! What's your fave? 1. Holy Spider 2. Patriots Day 3. Plane 4. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Check out all 50 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Thriller
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on January 13! What's your fave? 1. A Man Called Otto 2. Legends of the Fall 3. The Duellists 4. Holy Spider Check out all 50 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Top 4 Movies Released on January 13! What's your fave? 1. A Man Called Otto (2023) 2. Legends of the Fall (1995) 3. The Duellists (1978) 4. Holy Spider (2023) 50 movies released today! Check them out at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Second Iranian film in a row. Last week was Law of Tehran & tonight Holy Spider. Wow.
neutral · AI labelView post →Flu jab grogginess , so Rocco followed by more of Holy Spider , which is looking exactly my cup of tea. The damn thing looks like it's shot zone focus , which I love in a film.
positive · AI labelView post →‘Holy Spider’ Star Zar Amir to Be Honored at New York’s Metrograph With Screening of Oscar-Qualifying Short ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ (EXCLUSIVE) Zar Amir, the French-Iranian star of Ali Abbasi’s “Holy Spider,” will be honored at New York’s Metrograph Theater with a special trib… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →“I like to look for humanity in places that you don’t usually look for it. That’s where these monsters come from.” -Ali Abassi on the serial killer in his film “Holy Spider”
neutral · AI labelView post →Plus - Inside Out FF continues at Lightbox, Reelworld screens doc EXCLUSION: BEYOND THE SILENCE at Innis, Final Girls Film Club selects HOLY SPIDER at Cinecycle, anti-transit doc TRAINWRECK at Revue, dance film FINDING ME at Royal. #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching Holy Spider (2022) trakt.tv/movies/holy-spider-20… #HolySpider #trakt
neutral · AI labelView post →Here are a few finally got around to watching movies that I loved: Ordinary People (My only new 5 Star movie logged) Nocturnal Animals Timbuktu Harold and Maude Full Time All That Jazz A Woman Under the Influence Holy Spider A Thousand and One Saint Omer #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →PLAYING TODAY! Join us at #WatersEdgeCinema this Thursday Dec. 5th at 7pm for the FILM ART SERIES : HOLY SPIDER Made possible with help from our collaborator PAAM and hosted by Howard Karren, tix available at www.ptownfilm.org
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Log - 29 Nov 2024 HOLY SPIDER Ali Abbasi 2022
neutral · AI labelView post →"Every one shall meet what he wishes to avoid by running away." Imam Ali, quoted in an epigraph at the top of Ali Abbasi's film Holy Spider. The sermon continues: "Death is the place to which life is driving. To run away from it means to catch it."
neutral · AI labelView post →Amy Goodman interviews Ali Abbasi, director of the powerful “Holy Spider”, about his new movie, “The Apprentice”. youtu.be/rZuZs-MehQo
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like Ali Abbasi films (Border) and you're waiting to see his Trump real estate movie "The Apprentice" you can watch one of his other films on netflix in the meantime. "Holy Spider" is about a serial killer in Mashhad, Iran, and the woman reporter on his trail. [Depicts violence against women]
neutral · AI labelView post →I’d go see this. Roy Cohn played by Jeremy Strong… apnews.com/article/8395... Abbasi’s Holy Spider is on Netflix & Amazon
neutral · AI labelView post →So you put your money on a film by the Holy Spider director and you expect a sympathetic portrayal of the subject… This is Darwin Awards territory.
neutral · AI labelView post →A film about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn from the director of Holy Spider is the perfect high concept. www.imdb.com/title/tt8368...
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you Eric, that may well be true, while I'm not certain about it. Although, if I remember correctly, the Iranian movie "Holy Spider" had been suggested to the Academy by Denmark - not a surprise though that Iran wouldn't do it themselves.
neutral · AI labelView post →Quick question. Have you seen the Spanish movie The Beasts (As Bestas). One of the best I've seen this year. That and Holy Spider struck me so hard I'm going to rewatch them before I go back to work on the 3rd January.
positive · AI labelView post →Favourite viewing & reading this year (though not necessarily originating in 2023): Book: Schlump Movie: Holy Spider TV show: Succession s4 Comics: Why Don't You Love Me?
positive · AI labelView post →So I watched Holy Spider yesterday and I got the sense that the film didn't really know what it wanted to be. I overall enjoyed it (a lot!), but not sure if I'd recommend it... given that it was based on true events, I probably should though; it's a pretty shocking story about misogyny.
neutral · AI labelView post →The dark, angry, and haunting Holy Spider is one of the best Films released in recent memory. New to Blu-Ray from Utopia. My review for The Movie Isle:
positive · AI labelView post →The #FilmsOnTheMoves this week is #HOLYSPIDER @holyspider_jp by Ali Abbasi. A journalist @ZarAmirEbrahimi investigates the serial killings of sex workers in Iran by the so-called Spider Killer. Countries:🇦🇹 🇧🇦 🇧🇪 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇪🇪 🇬🇷 🇪🇸 🇫🇮 🇭🇺 🇮🇸🇮🇹 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇲🇪🇲🇰 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇵🇱🇷🇴🇷🇸 🇸🇮🇸🇰 🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MEDIAprogEU/status/1666404486766637057
neutral · AI labelView post →By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com “Holy Spider” is a disturbing crime thriller that’s based on the true story of the “Spider Killer” Saeed Hanaei, a man who murdered 16 female sex workers in Iran in the early 2000s. It’s a chilling tale of the intersection of religion, culture, social status, and sexism, and despite director Ali Abbasi sometimes crossing the line into more sordid territory, it’s a genuinely alarming film with a distressing universal message about the value of women.…
positive · AI labelView post →Watched the movie “Holy Spider” to night. I really would like to recommend all to watch it. #HolySpidermovie
positive · AI labelView post →Over a relatively short period of time, over a dozen dead women are found bundled by the roadside - and the police are baffled? The women have not been sexually assaulted, but strangled using a knot tied in their headscarves. Not convinced that everything is being done by the authorities, investigative journalist "Rahimi" (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) decides to get to the truth. Meantime, we follow the life of taxi driver "Saeed" (Mehdi Bajestani) and his daily life helps us to realise that the deceased…
positive · AI labelView post →Seeing this tonight. Don't know much about it but these posters are gorgeous. #cinema #holyspider
neutral · AI labelView post →"This is less about the puzzle of who the murder is... than about the way he slots into society and, after his arrest, is viewed by the public." - we take a look at the Oscar shortlisted Holy Spider https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/holy-spider-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #OscarShortlists #HolySpider #film #Iran
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