{"id":28360,"date":"2024-04-10T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T04:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=28360"},"modified":"2024-04-10T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T04:48:10","slug":"sting-provides-some-spider-centric-thrills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=28360","title":{"rendered":"STING Provides Some Spider-Centric Thrills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 91 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature from Well Go USA Entertainment opens wide in\nmovie theaters on April 12th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s funny that, while for many spiders tend to make the\nskin crawl, there aren\u2019t a great deal of horror movies devoted to the subject.\nYes, there have been a few memorable titles, like the giant arachnid film Tarantula!<\/em>\n(1955), the William Shatner drive-in feature Kingdom of the Spiders<\/em>\n(1977), the Hollywood Pictures\/Disney summer sleeper Arachnophobia<\/em>\n(1990) and the David Arquette effort Eight Legged Freaks<\/em> (2002), but\nthese troublemakers haven\u2019t really been as much of a genre film staple as one\nmight expect. The new Australian feature Sting hopes to rectify that problem,\ndelivering a chilling tale about a family in peril from one of these creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The problems begin with a tiny chunk of a comet crashing\nthrough a Brooklyn, New York tenement during a snowstorm. A spider is released\nfrom the rock, scampering into the ventilations system before coming into\ncontact with 12-year-old introvert Charlotte (Alyla Browne). The moody\nyoungster is struggling to find a place in her blended family, retreating from\nmother Heather (Penelope Mitchell), new stepfather Ethan (Ryan Corr), as well\nas her baby brother. After capturing the arachnid, she decides to keep it as a\npet, but slowly begins to realize it isn\u2019t like other spiders, witnessing it\nhunt voraciously and mimic prey. Within days, the creature grows to an enormous\nsize, hunting larger and larger sources of food. Soon, the entire family is put\nin danger and must overcome their personal issues to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the picture is set during a snowstorm, the film keeps\nall of the characters contained within one space. It\u2019s a wise move, maintaining\na tense and claustrophobic feel to the proceedings. The movie is also\nhandsomely mounted with plenty of style to burn. The interiors are moodily lit\nand the extreme camera angles and arachnid point-of-view shots are a hoot.\nThere are entertaining high and low-angles used throughout, with the spider\noften hiding just out of sight before leaping into action. And when it grows\nlarger, the monster is appropriately threatening, spouting fangs and spitting\nvenom. For a movie without the budget of a Hollywood blockbuster, the nasty\nspider looks quite convincing and serves as a real menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The main plot involves the strained relationship between\nstepfather Ethan and Charlotte. Their relationship is convincing as the new dad\nattempts to serve as a father figure and someone the youngster can trust. Some\nof the supporting cast come across as overly exaggerated, but local\nexterminator Frank (Jermaine Fowler) and oddball neighbor Erik (Danny Kim) make\nmemorable impressions and deliver plenty of amusing lines during the ordeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like many horror movies, the plot does require some suspension of disbelief. The ventilation system in the building is far, far bigger than one would expect, but of course this is a necessary device to allow the monster to move quickly between flats and hunt down the leads. And after they learn what Charlotte has been doing in secret, Ethan and mom Heather in particular don\u2019t seem as panic-stricken about the venomous spider and its proximity to their innocent newborn as they should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still, these elements are expected to a degree in this genre and they certainly don\u2019t ruin the experience. And by the elaborate and tense climax set in the bowels of the building, one does fear for the safety of the baby, Ethan and Charlotte, as well as a few other characters. The pacing is quick and the package manages to offer a few chuckles and plenty of anxiety-provoking jolts. In the end, Sting<\/em> has enough venom to allow it to sit proudly by the most memorable spider-centric features that have preceded it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 91 minutes This feature from Well Go USA Entertainment opens wide in movie theaters on April 12th. It\u2019s funny that, while for many spiders tend to make the skin crawl, there aren\u2019t a great deal of horror movies devoted to the subject. Yes, there have been a few memorable titles, like the giant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":28365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[215,1161,2056,4660,5178,5213,5435,9319,10616,15896,17471,18836,19119,19120,19121,19123,23717,24086],"class_list":["post-28360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-215","tag-alyla-browne","tag-australia","tag-comedy","tag-danny-kim","tag-dark-comedy","tag-deadly-spider","tag-horror","tag-jermaine-fowler","tag-penelope-mitchell","tag-ryan-corr","tag-spider","tag-sting","tag-sting-film-review","tag-sting-movie-review","tag-sting-review","tag-venomous-spider","tag-well-go-usa"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}