It’s a good year for spider horror movies! Unless you’re an arachnophobe, then you might want to sit this one out. Sting, the upcoming spider horror from writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner centers on an apartment building with an unwelcome visitor. Enter Sting — a giant ass spider who seems to have a taste for human flesh.
This exclusive clip showcases what this eight-legged beast is capable of. “Here, kitty, kitty!” Lady, that’s no kitty, and you’re looking like you’re on the path to becoming a light snack for Sting. Watch the exclusive clip below.
Yowza! That fleeting glimpse of Sting is enough to have us squirming in our seats and nervously dusting off the backs of our necks. Is it itchy in here, or is it just us? Let this be a lesson to all: don’t place your entire body in an air vent, it makes for much easier prey!
If you’d like some more meat on those bones, here’s a hefty synopsis for Sting:
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 12-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 realize 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.”
Sting‘s cast includes Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon, The Water Diviner), Alyla Browne (Three Thousand Years of Longing, Nine Perfect Strangers), Penelope Mitchell (R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned, Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Relic, Top of the Lake), Noni Hazlehurst (Little Fish, The End), and Jermaine Fowler (Buffaloed, The Blackening). Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin and Chris Brown serve as producers.
Sting is crawling into theaters April 12.
