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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 26 May 2022

Abbasi has made an Iranian noir which, even though it dares to poke around the spiritual capital of Iran with its largest mosque in the world,…

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By Ryan Leston (31) for Slashfilm (971) on 26 May 2022

Holy Spider shines a light into the murky corners of a society that emboldens its aggressors. In that sense, the film is essential viewing…

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By Jordan Mintzer (201) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 May 2022

It’s far from subtle filmmaking, but Holy Spider is equal parts gripping and disturbing, and not always for the squeamish…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 26 May 2022

If the first half of the film shies away from the cheap thrills of its serial killer story, the pointed banality of its final chapters proves…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for Variety (12,700) on 26 May 2022

Before a final act dealing with the fascinating social fallout once Saeed’s crimes are known and he becomes, in some quarters including his…

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By Jihane Bousfiha (1) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 May 2022

As a straight-forward thriller, Holy Spider checks off all the boxes that make it an intriguing watch: it maintains a tense tone and has a…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 26 May 2022

Abbasi undoubtedly conveys the brutal attitudes which create victimhood…

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By David Katz (41) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 May 2022

Overall it seems Abbasi got caught between the social righteousness dictates of the “message movie” and pure amorality of what, disturbingly…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 24 May 2022

Abbasi offered a brilliantly leftfield perspective on immigration and otherness with his 2018 debut Border, and his follow-up takes no prisoners…

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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 23 May 2022

An intense and gripping dramatization that, a few liberties apart, does justice to a disturbing true story…

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