‘Holy Spider’ Review: Ali Abbasi’s Venomous Serial Killer Drama Bites Back at Misogyny in Iran - IndieWire

Cannes: The "Border" director tangles with the prolific serial killer who murdered sex workers in the name of "cleansing" Iran.

Ali Abbasi’s compellingly indignant “Holy Spider” is sure to be compared to any number of modern serial killer movies, but its true-crime subject — an Iranian construction worker who strangled at lea… [+5438 chars]

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