If you look at the previous two films from director Ali Abbasi, “Border” and “Shelley,” you are probably taken aback by the visual style and unique storytelling used by the filmmaker.
And you probably wouldn’t assume that his next film would be a David Fincher-esque serial killer thriller. However, that’s exactly what Abbasi created with his latest film, “Holy Spider.” READ MORE: ‘Holy Spider’ Review: Ali Abbasi’s Iranian True Crime Procedural Underwhelms [Cannes] As seen in the trailer, “Holy Spider” is a film about a female journalist from Iran who goes to Mashhad to investigate the deaths of various women who are sex workers assumed to be murdered by the same killer.
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