Doctor Plague vs Holy Spider
Holy Spider has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 3/10 for Doctor Plague). Doctor Plague is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 58m. Holy Spider is the older of the two (2022 against 2026). Both are crime, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Doctor Plague
Holy Spider| Doctor Plague | Holy Spider | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 3.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Crime, Horror, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | Denmark |
| Director | Ben Fortune | Ali Abbasi |
| Main cast | Michael McKell, Martin Kemp, David Yip, Atul Sharma, Wendy Glenn | Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Sina Parvaneh, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad |
Synopsis
Doctor Plague
Jaded detective John Verney is on the trail of an ancient cult of Plague Doctors which is cutting a bloody swathe through the London underworld. Dismissed by his superiors as gang on gang killings, the murders draw Verney into an obsessive maze of a secret society conspiracy with links to the Jack The Ripper murders of 1888, putting him and his family in grave danger.
Holy Spider
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
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