Sting – Movie Review
Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
Writer: Kiah Roache-Turner (Screenplay)
Cast
- Alyla Browne (Furiosa)
- Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to Bother You)
- Ryan Corr (Wolf Creek 2)
- Noni Hazlehurst (Candy)
- Robyn Nevin (Relic)
- Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy)
Plot: After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet-and fight for her family’s survival-when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster.
Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Sting starts when 12-year-old Charlotte (Browne) discovers a spider and decides to keep it as her pet. However, the spider starts growing extremely fast and starts exploring the apartment complex. When pets and people start getting killed, Charlotte must prepare to fight back against her new pet to save her family.
Verdict on Sting
Sting is a horror thriller following a spider that grows to an abnormal size and starts picking off the residents of an apartment complex. Meanwhile, the person who took it must now prepare to fight back.
At the core, this is a giant flesh-eating spider movie. However, deeper down it deals with a family dynamic including a stepfather and daughter relationship, when a new baby is brought into the family. It also shows how older members of the family look down on him and he must prove himself to everyone to remain part of the family. This dynamic takes center stage and Charlotte has been struggling to adapt to a new change. But let’s not forget about the killer spider, which has funny kills and feels like it could have been taken right out of Eight Legged Freaks. You can have a lot of fun with this one and for a creature feature it gets some comedy thrown into the mix.
Final Thoughts –Sting is a fun creature feature.