Spiderweb

Spiderweb (Pautina, 1992) is a rare post-Soviet horror film you can watch online on iFILM. Obsessed with a brilliant future for her boy, a mother trades her soul to the devil and gets him the gift of a violinist in return.

Then the bill comes due. The talent is real, but something dark moves in with it, and invisible threads start tightening around the whole household. Shot across Russia and Ukraine just as the genre was finding its footing in the region, the film has a raw, uneasy texture that polished cinema never gets. Worth a look if odd, handmade horror is your thing. Directed by Aleksandr Amelin, with Yelena Borzova and Tatiana Lyutaeva. Stream Spiderweb online on iFILM.