Religion needs a reckoning. It's time to question whether it's really good for humanity or not. Part of this discussion involves looking at the irrefutable truth about how horrible religion can be. Walking in to see Ali Abbasi's new film Holy Spider at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, I had no idea what I was about to watch. I'm a big fan of Abbasi's last Cannes hit, a wacky weird Swedish trolls fantasy romance called Border. But this film is nothing like that one. Holy Spider is a based-on-a-true-story serial killer thriller that has earned comparisons to David Fincher in it's brutally realistic, unflinching look at murder in modern times. It's an unsettling film that follows both the murderer and the journalist trying to investigate – and stop him since apparently no one else will – this deranged man. But he's devout, and his neighbors like him – even these killings won't change their mind because he's doing it in honor of God. That should make everyone queasy. ›››
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