Sting
critic Reviews
, 71% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Sting should satisfy horror fans in the mood for a creature feature, even if the end results likely won't linger in the memory.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
All in all, a diverting entertainment that, unlike so much contemporary horror, is prepared to have a good time. Fun for all the family. Well, all the family over 16.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
It's goofy and fun, [but] it isn't particularly scary... unless you're particularly scared of spiders.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
Efficiently contained and creepy, the picture loses a little of its gruesome potency when it ventures into heartfelt family relationship territory.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherThe Times (UK)
Really, the last truly effective spider movie was Arachnophobia in 1990. The genre needs reviving. But it does not, alas, start here.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLinda MarricHeyUGuys
Sting is a thrilling horror film with strong visual effects and engaging performances. It knows its audience well, and plays to them with blood and gore and plenty of laugh out loud moments.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDeborah RossThe Spectator
Roache-Turner is no Hitchcock or Spielberg, but he has a sure touch when it comes to knowing what fans of these films want and expect.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJesús PalaciosFotogramas
...[Sting is] packed with scares, goo, and cobwebs in the retro style of the all-ages monster movies starring Joe Dante, Fred Dekker, or Ron Underwood... [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMiguel CalabriaEscribiendoCine
A grotesque, nostalgic and, above all, fun delirium.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn SerbaDecider
If you’re in the proper, preferably mildly buzzed headspace, you won’t be stung by Sting.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGrant WatsonFiction Machine
Like most films in this genre, what the viewer gets out of Sting will depend on what they put into it. Personally I think this is ‘one of the good ones’.
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