Review of Holy Spider

Holy Spider (2022)
10/10
Holy s....pider
16 January 2023
No pun intended - I won't tell you what you should be thinking about or not. I can tell you what the movie is giving you ... quite a lot and a lot being heavy. This is not an easy movie to watch. I was not aware of the real life incidents and individuals that are being shown here - and while this is a dramatization (I reckon), there seems a lot to be quite close to what actually happened I assume.

Very well acted and suspensful from start to finish. We never lose sight of our villain - but we also get to see a lot that made him the way he is. There are things that may only apply to his perception .. especially true when it comes to his ... let's call it judgement. No matter what religion you believe in - none of them say you should do evil against others! Quite the opposite - you are sinning if you do.

Still people feel the need to go to certain lengths. The acting in the movie is more than rock solid. It lets you feel the characters and their despair ... it lets you have a look into a society that deems women second class citizens ... and those who sin not even as such ... less than a human. Something rotten ... again tough to watch but almost also essential. And another early entry or rather application for my top list of the year already ...
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