• Director(s)

    Ali Abbasi

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Mehdi Bajestani, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani

Film

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 sex workers in the holy city of Mashhad.…

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.

  • Director(s)

    Ali Abbasi

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Mehdi Bajestani, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani

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.
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:
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.
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.
Classified Date:
22/12/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI

  • Classified date

    31/01/2023

  • Language

    Iranian