Ali Abbasi's Holy Spider Gets A UK Trailer

MUBI have released the UK Trailer for Ali Abbasi‘s acclaimed thriller Holy Spider. The story of Iran’s most notorious murderers set for a cinematic release next month.

The film stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Mehdi Bajestani. The film made it’s world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival where Ebrahimi won the best actress award. The film has been picked as Denmark’s submission for Best International Feature for the 2023 Academy Awards

Set in the holy city of Mashhad, Ali Abbasi’s haunting latest feature follows journalist Rahimi (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), as she investigates the murders of several sex workers by the ‘Spider Killer’, who believes he is on a divine mission to cleanse the city of sinners.

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.

This film looks like it wont hold back when it comes to the violence. Unflinching film looking forward to watching…

Female journalist Rahimi (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer who believes he is doing the work of God, cleansing the streets of sinners by murdering sex workers. As the body count mounts, and Rahimi draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain as the ‘Spider Killer’ is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the horrific true story of serial killer Saeed Hanaei, acclaimed writer-director Ali Abbasi (Border) unveils a gripping crime thriller, and a daring
indictment of a society in which rough justice is routinely a fact of life.