Holy Spider—A Web of Horror and Mayhem
Holy Spider, based on a true story and a graphic novel, retells the harrowing battle of a fearless woman journalist, Rahimi (Cannes Film festival award winner for best actress, Zar Amir- Ebrahimi) who investigates a brutal murderer nicknamed “Spider Killer”. Sixteen young prostitutes in the religiously conservative Iranian town of Mashhad City have each been dumped into a field.
A fanatical psychopath on a religious mission to “cleanse” the streets of sex workers, middle-aged Saeed, is a construction worker and war veteran. He becomes a vigilante who stalks...