Watch out for mysterious motorcycles, this week we're covering the Iranian true crime film noir HOLY SPIDER. Drawing heavily from a documentary covering the real life crimes of the "Spider Killer", the film follows a female journalist who joins forces with a local reporter to discover the killer's identity when the police don't seem to care about the victims to solve the crimes.

Next time we're watching THE DEVILS.

*Due to this film covering a historical event, the whole episode will contain spoilers. Also, when making the visuals for our ratings, we mixed up our rating (and by we, we mean Katie) so forgive us for the audio not matching what's written.

Thanks for listening and stay spoopy ya'll!

00:00:27 Intro

00:02:14 Start (Other Iranian film recs)

00:04:38 A Short History of Iran (20th-21st Century) and Modern Relevancy

00:15:34 Ali Abassi Background and Incident

00:23:34 The Documentary (AND ALONG CAME A SPIDER.../Available on IranWire YouTube)

00:40:15 SPOILER WARNING

00:40:25 Cast

00:53:10 Rundown

00:56:13 Movie Details

00:59:23 The OTHER Spider Movie (THE KILLER SPIDER)

01:12:40 Ratings

01:16:20 Next Time: THE DEVILS (AMC+ and SHUDDER)

01:27:55 Goodbyes

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