And yet, the idea of an actual redback spider coming to nest in Eric Adams’ New York is so terrifying to begin with that “Sting” doesn’t have much to gain from its extraterrestrial twist. As a ...

“Sting” is a wee sliver of a horror film that’s tongue-in-cheek but also quite matter-of-fact about its creature-feature jokiness. It’s the monster-bug thriller as light dessert. The spider, it turns ...

Of all the things in the world that creep people out — snakes, rats, Taco Bell — spiders have to be near the top. So naturally, horror movies take advantage of that. How could they not? It’s a ...

Writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner spends too much time on the relationships of the main characters in his creature feature Sting for them to just be anonymous monster food, but he doesn't give them ...