‘Sting’ Film Review

A few jump scares, but overall, not scary enough

Alyla Browne as Charlotte in Sting courtesy of Studiocanal

Film: Sting. Year: 2024. Genre: Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi. Director:
Kiah Roache-Turner

A movie about a ‘big ass spider’ sounds like a terrific starting point for an effective, over-the-top scary and immersive old-school horror feature. Whether or not you have arachnophobia, the film sounds like a nightmarish experience (in a good or bad way). While this suspenseful storyline is the premise of writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood, Nekrotronic) his latest feature, Sting doesn’t fulfil its darkness, terror-inducing aspect and scariness for the complete 100%.

While the first scene might not make sense at first — it will once you learn more about the characters — it certainly sets a fabulously intriguing tone for the rest of the movie. The sleek black spider hatching from an egg, roaming around in a pre-war Brooklyn apartment block and landing in a creepy dollhouse of Helga (Noni Hazlehurst). All the while, an asteroid shower coming extremely close to the Earth. While Helga has dementia, she’s crystal clear about the noises behind her walls. To get rid of those terrible noises and the frightening animals causing them, she calls exterminator Frank (Jermaine Fowler). When he enters the room where it’s all happening, you, as an audience member, don’t go…