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Originally Posted by John Cole
On Netflix, Ali Abbasi's Holy Spider. This is the same director who made Border. Holy Spider is the name given to a serial killer in Iran. A female journalist travels to the town where the murders are occurring in an effort to unravel the case. It's an intriguing film, and the ending is powerful.
Abbasi, who also directed the final two episodes of The Last of Us, is one to watch.
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Thanks. Following your movies again. Just watched it. General opinions for anyone:
Holy Spider was well made and scary. It is based on a true serial killer story in Iran in about 2001. From what I read it followed the actual events closely except for the journalist's face to face confrontation with the killer which in real life was done by a victim. Police were at a loss to solve the mounting murder cases which reaching 16. I was surprised by the film's very graphic depiction of the murders. I could see why the director was given a role in a violent zombie show like Last of Us. I had to take a break from watching it because it was getting too much. The Iranian government hated this film. Just when you think you can rest, the last few minutes of the movie shows a video interview, which from what I read, is a true reenactment of an actual event. And it was chilling.