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By Alison Willmore (681) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 28 Oct 2022

It’s not the first film to try to disguise its titillation at violence, in particular against women, with blunt, larger themes…

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By Oliver Jones (215) for Observer (1,042) on 27 Oct 2022

Holy Spider, a grungy Persian noir from Tehran-born and Copenhagen-based filmmaker Ali Abbasi, celebrates the humanity of that killer’s victims,…

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By Devika Girish (70) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Oct 2022

Abbasi seems enamored by the contradictions of Hanaei, who was at once an upstanding Muslim, a family man, a pervert and a ruthless killer…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 27 Oct 2022

Bajestani is believably repellent as someone whose split lives as an obsessive loner and respected family man are disturbingly concordant…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 26 Oct 2022

It’s impossible not to see this character and this riveting performance by Amir-Ebrahimi and not think of the brave women protesting their…

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By Nate Richard (16) for Collider (1,032) on 14 Oct 2022

Even with some questionable choices, Holy Spider still packs a powerful punch, particularly in its third act, and one of the most disturbing…

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By Alejandra Martinez (38) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 03 Oct 2022

Spider is a heavy watch, and is guaranteed to haunt you long after you leave the theater…

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By Andy Howell (33) for Film Threat (5,156) on 13 Sep 2022

The brilliance of Holy Spider is how it takes all the gripping, lurid suspense of the serial killer thriller, turns it on its head, and takes…

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By Mark Hanson (70) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Sep 2022

Holy Spider trickily manages to bridge the gap between social realism and exploitation cinema in a way that hints at how both are rooted in…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 26 May 2022

It’s profoundly compelling, expertly made, and quite intentionally horrifying…

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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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