Sting
Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: April 12, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 11, 2024
Not at the top of the list, necessarily, but writer and director Kiah Roache-Turner’s film is a solid if unspectacular entry into the eww-gross-spiders category. It’s pretty good on that front. But when it tries to wedge in some version of Meaningful Family Drama, it loses its way a little bit. Read full review
50
ColliderChase HutchinsonApr 11, 2024
Sting is a horror movie about a killer spider from outer space that somehow falls short of the fun potential of such a premise. Read full review
60
EmpireBarry LevittMay 28, 2024
Though it takes too long to get into the swing of things, Sting delivers faint echoes of the B-movie classic it wants to be, offering a memorable foe in a giant, bloodthirsty spider. Read full review
95
Film ThreatJosiah TealApr 17, 2024
It’s pure horror movie fun. Yet the relationships consistently raise the stakes and elevate the film from the “creature feature” label to the kind of thriller that becomes a fan favorite. Read full review
70
IGNJarrod JonesApr 15, 2024
Sting is a creature feature that tinkers too much with familiar horror/sci-fi concepts but has plenty of heart to make it memorable. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 10, 2024
There’s decent fun to be had in this crafty and contained Aussie skin-crawler (a low-budget affair that doesn’t scrimp when it comes to its WETA-created monster), but Sting is a bit too small for its massive alien spider to maneuver itself in unexpected ways, and the tender human story that Roache-Turner weaves around her lacks the bite it needs to melt your heart or liquify any of your other organs. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 16, 2024
“Sting” isn’t great fun or great really in any sense. But it’s not bad for a giant spider killer thriller B-movie set in snowy New York and shot in Australia. Read full review
60
NMENick LevineMay 15, 2024
Sting is derivative but fitfully gripping. Crucially, it’s also good fun: with a main protagonist named Charlotte (lolz), there’s definitely a knowingness to proceedings. Read full review
75
Original-CinThom ErnstApr 16, 2024
Sting is ridiculous. Still, it's a better movie than it needs to be. A dramatic family backstory sets Sting apart from myriad other creature features. Read full review
55
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoApr 10, 2024
Sting is sweet, silly and savage in sectioned bursts, but fails to pull everything into an intricately woven web of creepy-crawly terrors. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsApr 12, 2024
Sting has a lot of the right ideas but not enough inspiration to string them all together. Read full review
70
Screen RantGrant HermannsApr 11, 2024
Though its characters and story could've benefited from a deeper, more original development, Roache-Turner ultimately knows what audiences are coming to see and delivers that in droves, offering horrific deaths, a tense atmosphere and stylish direction to entertaining effect. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeMay 29, 2024
Sting, black with a lethal red stripe, is never silly looking, though some of horror references feel a bit obvious and fanboy-ish. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMay 31, 2024
All in all, a diverting entertainment that, unlike so much contemporary horror, is prepared to have a good time. Fun for all the family. Read full review
67
The PlaylistBrian FarvourApr 5, 2024
Overthinking Sting is a proper exercise in futility, and shedding such a tendency makes enjoying the adventure easy. It’s a minor little effort, with only a tiny venom, but its bite should do the trick for any genre head with 90 minutes to spare. Read full review
60
Total FilmKevin HarleyMay 28, 2024
Like E.T. gone wrong, director Kiah Roache-Turner’s underdeveloped but briskly suspenseful, suggestive arachno-shocker sees a kid with family issues find solace in alien company. Only this spidery E.T. will gobble you up before it phones home… Read full review
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