Holy spider [blu-ray]

Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she gets closer to exposing his crimes, the quest for justice grows harder to attain when the killer is embraced as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed sixteen women between 2000 and 2001.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.

Wide screen (2.39:1).

Special features: Q&A with Ali Abbasi, moderated by Ana Lily Amirpour; Q&A with moderator Reza Safai at Laemmle Town Center; Q&A at IFC Center with Ali Abbasi; interview with director Ali Abbasi; Interview with producer Jacob Jarek; interview with actor Mehdi Bajestani; interview with producer Sol Bondy; interview with actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi.

Performers:

Mehdi Bajestani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Mesbah Taleb, Alice Rahimi, Sara Fazilat, Ariane Naziri, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour, Firouz Agheli.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray; region A; wide screen; 5.1 DTS-HD or 2.0 LPCM; requires Blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Journalists -- Iran -- Drama.

Serial murderers -- Iran -- Drama.

Genre:

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Crime films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Persian language films.

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