I think the scariest part in this thriller is this sentence: 'inspired by real events'. Let me preface this with this: the main actress and the killer are amazing actors. About the story: a mad man decide to get rid of prostitutes within Mashhad in Iran. He picks them up on his motorcycle and kills them with their hijab. A female journalist decides to investigate the matter, clearly against the fundamentalism shown by almost every party in the case (from police, to judge, to criminal). And here the scary part starts: the killer is found, most people are on his side, saying that he is doing God's work, and the only reason why he is sentenced is because the government, close to re-election, is taking the case as a political one, while the people outside chant for the killer's freedom. A very scary window to what women are living through in some countries.
Review of Holy Spider
