In Holy Spider, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest — to “cleanse” the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt street prostitutes. After murdering several women, he grows ever more desperate about the lack of public interest in his divine mission.

Based on the real-life case from 2002 of serial killer Saeed Hanaei, whose crimes were dubbed the “spider killings” by the Iranian media, Holy Spider is both a terrifying crime procedural drama and a disturbing expose of hypocrisy and misogyny which shows that there can be very different interpretations of what justice actually means.

Holy Spider will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 20 January 2023 and on MUBI from 10 March 2023.

Visit http://www.themoviewaffler.com for more trailers, reviews, previews, articles, lists and more. It's the web's tastiest movie site!