Dread vs Holy Spider
Holy Spider has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.5/10 for Dread). Dread is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 58m. Dread is the older of the two (2009 against 2022). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dread
Holy Spider| Dread | Holy Spider | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Anthony DiBlasi | Ali Abbasi |
| Main cast | Shaun Evans, Laura Donnelly, Paloma Faith, Jackson Rathbone, Elissa Dowling | Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Sina Parvaneh, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad |
Synopsis
Dread
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
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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