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The Big Picture In the opening moments of writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner’s Sting, a creature feature that never makes the most of its premise, we get a glimpse of what could have been a joyous horror movie. Various exterminators are called to an apartment complex in New York City, where they are picked off one after another by a giant spider. Frank is the first death that we really see, with the actor screaming and shouting with all the necessary gusto to make it fun as he gets dragged away.
Release Date April 12, 2024 Director Kiah Roache-Turner Cast Jermaine Fowler , Alyla Browne , Ryan Corr , Penelope Mitchell , Silvia Colloca , Noni Hazlehurst , Robyn Nevin , Danny Kim Runtime 91 Minutes Main Genre Horror Writers Kiah Roache-Turner Instead of fully embracing the ridiculous potential of a murderous spider that takes over an apartment, the film becomes tangled up in a poorly written and acted family drama that gets in the way of the fun bits.
There are bursts of bloody brutality, including a kill that takes someone apart from the inside out, which is a real highlight, that provide enough of a jolt to almost make you think there is something more substantively silly to chew on here. Almost, but not quite. Instead, just when it starts seeming like it is going to let loose, it settles back into the family dynamics that feel like padding more than they do anything else.
The Spider in 'Sting' Is Still Something Special Close All of this proves to be a shame as the design of the spider creature itself is often quite fun. There was clearly a lot of thought put into how it would move around and what it could do. Such moments represent the film at its most creative. Just seeing it dangle over its next victims or crawl towards them is proper fun.
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