STING Giant spider from space! Two trailers and five clips!

  

‘Terror has a new home’
Sting is a 2024 Australian horror film about an alien egg that produces a ravenous supersized spider with a taste for human flesh.

Written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (Beast of War; Wyrmwood: Apocalypse; Nekrotronic; Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead). Produced by Chris Brown, Jamie Hilton and Michael Pontin. Executive produced by Will Gammon, Mark Gooder, Diana Le Dean, Martin Metz, Doris Pfardrescher, Adrian Politowski, Josh Pomeranz and Alison Thompson.

The Australian Align-Pictures in Paradise-See Pictures production stars Penelope Mitchell, Silvia Colloca, Jermaine Fowler, Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Tony J Black, Alcira Carpio, Danny Kim and Rowland Holmes.

Special effects were handled by New Zealand-based Weta Workshop (Blade Runner 2049, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings trilogy).

Plot:
One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. It is an egg, and from this egg emerges a strange little spider.

The creature is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious twelve-year-old girl obsessed with comic books. Despite her stepfather Ethan’s best efforts to connect with her through their comic book co-creation Fang Girl, Charlotte feels isolated. Her mother and Ethan are distracted by their new baby and are struggling to cope, leaving Charlotte to bond with the spider. Keeping it as a secret pet, she names it Sting.

As Charlotte’s fascination with Sting increases, so does its size. Growing at a monstrous rate, Sting’s appetite for blood becomes insatiable. Neighbours’ pets start to go missing, and then the neighbours themselves. Soon Charlotte’s family and the eccentric characters of the building realise that they are all trapped, hunted by a ravenous supersized arachnid with a taste for human flesh… and Charlotte is the only one who knows how to stop it.

Release and distribution:
In the US, Sting was released by Well Go USA on demand (VOD) on April 12, 2024.

Meanwhile, worldwide sales for the movie are being handled by Cornerstone who will unveil it to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Market in May 2024. Cornerstone’s Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder commented: “Kiah has written a hugely entertaining script that delivers multiple thrills and twists in an extremely audience-friendly way. We are very excited to release Sting into the Cannes Market.”

Notes:
Rated ‘R’ by the MPA for “violent content, bloody images and language.”

Trailer 1:

Trailer 2:

What the hell? clip:

Call Frank clip:

Kitty clip:

Cool clip:

Mothball clip:

Filming locations:
Sydney, Australia

Trustworthy external reviews:
AIPT
Bad Movie Reviews [YouTube]
Crystal Cleveland [YouTube]
Flick Attack
Lost in the Reel [YouTube]
Spooky Astronauts [YouTube]

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