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Sting

2024

Kiah Roache-Turner

Penelope Mitchell, Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr, Jermaine Fowler ...

5.2

166

Horror. Thriller One of humanity's greatest fears is the arachnophobia, and it is made more monstrous than ever before.

	Media	Author	Review
		Andrew Mack Screen Anarchy	"Is Sting scary? Fuck, yes. Especially if you hate spiders"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A wee sliver of a horror film that's tongue-in-cheek but also quite matter-of-fact in its creature-feature jokiness (...) 'Sting' is never more than a cheeseball trifle, but at least the film knows it"
		Chuck Wilson LA Weekly	"'Sting' might be only a low-budge spider movie, but it looks great"
		Chad Collins Dread Central	"[It] is the cinematic equivalent of a spider bite (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Farvour The Playlist	"Overthinking 'Sting' is a proper exercise in futility, and shedding such a tendency makes enjoying the adventure easy"
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"[It] offers laughs and out-of-your-skin shocks (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Cody Hamman JoBlo	"I had a good time watching this one, and I think a lot of my fellow creature feature fans will have fun with it as well. (...) Rating: ★★★★★★★★ (out of 10)"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Spider horror with plenty of bite (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Thanks to Browne’s bold performance and an emphasis on practical creature effects, 'Sting' works as an entertaining creature feature with a memorable new movie monster (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"The makers of 'Sting' led by writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner, have obviously seen a lot of genre movies, but that cinephilia doesn’t translate into good cheap thrills or crowd-pleasing adventure drama (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Barry Levitt Empire	"Though it takes too long to get into the swing of things, 'Sting' delivers faint echoes of the B-movie classic it wants to be, offering a memorable foe in a giant, bloodthirsty spider (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jarrod Jones IGN	"[It] is a creature feature that tinkers too much with familiar horror/sci-fi concepts but has plenty of heart to make it memorable"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'Sting' is a bit too small for its massive alien spider to maneuver itself in unexpected ways"
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"A creepy spider horror movie that gets caught in its own web (...) Hey, at least it's still a better spider movie than 'Madame Web'"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"An awesome new take on a spider horror movie (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Grant Hermanns Screen Rant	"[It] is an energetic, modern update on the classic creature feature genre (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Matt Donato Paste Magazine	"'Sting' is sweet, silly and savage in sectioned bursts, but fails to pull everything into an intricately woven web of creepy-crawly terrors"

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