Holy Spider
strong violence, sexual violence
Director(s) Ali Abbasi
Production year2022
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes118m
CastZar Amir Ebrahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani, Alice Rahimi, Hazem Elian, Arash Ashtiani, Sohaib Qista, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Maryam Taleb, Ali Abbasi, Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Jonas Wagner, Ali Abbasi, Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek, Martin Dirkov, Nadim Carlsen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Hayedeh Safiyari, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Lina Nordqvist
Holy Spider
strong violence, sexual violence
HOLY SPIDER is a crime thriller, set in Iran, in which a female journalist investigates the increasing spate of murdered ...
HOLY SPIDER is a crime thriller, set in Iran, in which a female journalist investigates the increasing spate of murdered sex workers in the holy city of Mashhad.
violence
A misogynistic killer is shown strangling women to death in prolonged close up. He repeatedly punches one of his victims during the attack, bloodying her face. It is implied that the killer is sexually excited by his crimes, and in one scene he is shown caressing and sniffing the neck of one of his dead victims. There is also a sustained scene of execution by hanging.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes of sexual threat and sexually abusive behaviour, including use of crude sexually abusive language. Brief male genital nudity occurs in a sequence of forced fellatio.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong threat wherein a serial killer lures women to secluded places and attacks them. People are infrequently shown smoking opium or heroin. A strong sex scene features thrusting detail and rear nudity; other scenes feature occasional strong sex references. There are scenes of misogynistic behaviour including use of terms such as ‘slut’, ‘bitch’ and ‘whore’, but discrimination is not condoned. Other issues include infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’), a sequence of breast nudity in a non-sexual context, and a scene of vomiting.
strong violence, sexual violence
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
violence
A misogynistic killer is shown strangling women to death in prolonged close up. He repeatedly punches one of his victims during the attack, bloodying her face. It is implied that the killer is sexually excited by his crimes, and in one scene he is shown caressing and sniffing the neck of one of his dead victims. There is also a sustained scene of execution by hanging.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are strong scenes of sexual threat and sexually abusive behaviour, including use of crude sexually abusive language.
strong violence, sexual violence
Classified Date:
31/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MUBI
violence
A misogynistic killer is shown strangling women to death in prolonged close up. He repeatedly punches one of his victims during the attack, bloodying her face. It is implied that the killer is sexually excited by his crimes, and in one scene he is shown caressing and sniffing the neck of one of his dead victims. There is also a sustained scene of execution by hanging.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes of sexual threat and sexually abusive behaviour, including use of crude sexually abusive language. Brief male genital nudity occurs in a sequence of forced fellatio.
Classified Date:
22/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
Classified date31/01/2023
LanguageIranian
violence
A misogynistic killer is shown strangling women to death in prolonged close up. He repeatedly punches one of his victims during the attack, bloodying her face. It is implied that the killer is sexually excited by his crimes, and in one scene he is shown caressing and sniffing the neck of one of his dead victims. There is also a sustained scene of execution by hanging.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes of sexual threat and sexually abusive behaviour, including use of crude sexually abusive language. Brief male genital nudity occurs in a sequence of forced fellatio.
additional issues
There are scenes of strong threat wherein a serial killer lures women to secluded places and attacks them. People are infrequently shown smoking opium or heroin. A strong sex scene features thrusting detail and rear nudity; other scenes feature occasional strong sex references. There are scenes of misogynistic behaviour including use of terms such as ‘slut’, ‘bitch’ and ‘whore’, but discrimination is not condoned. Other issues include infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’), a sequence of breast nudity in a non-sexual context, and a scene of vomiting.
Director(s) Ali Abbasi
Production year2022
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes118m
CastZar Amir Ebrahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani, Alice Rahimi, Hazem Elian, Arash Ashtiani, Sohaib Qista, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Maryam Taleb, Ali Abbasi, Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Jonas Wagner, Ali Abbasi, Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek, Martin Dirkov, Nadim Carlsen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Hayedeh Safiyari, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Lina Nordqvist
strong violence, sexual violence
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
violence
A misogynistic killer is shown strangling women to death in prolonged close up. He repeatedly punches one of his victims during the attack, bloodying her face. It is implied that the killer is sexually excited by his crimes, and in one scene he is shown caressing and sniffing the neck of one of his dead victims. There is also a sustained scene of execution by hanging.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are strong scenes of sexual threat and sexually abusive behaviour, including use of crude sexually abusive language.
strong violence, sexual violence
Classified Date:
31/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MUBI
violence
A misogynistic killer is shown strangling women to death in prolonged close up. He repeatedly punches one of his victims during the attack, bloodying her face. It is implied that the killer is sexually excited by his crimes, and in one scene he is shown caressing and sniffing the neck of one of his dead victims. There is also a sustained scene of execution by hanging.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes of sexual threat and sexually abusive behaviour, including use of crude sexually abusive language. Brief male genital nudity occurs in a sequence of forced fellatio.
Classified Date:
22/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
Classified date31/01/2023
LanguageIranian
