Sting

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.

It's goofy and fun, [but] it isn't particularly scary... unless you're particularly scared of spiders.

Efficiently contained and creepy, the picture loses a little of its gruesome potency when it ventures into heartfelt family relationship territory.

Really, the last truly effective spider movie was Arachnophobia in 1990. The genre needs reviving. But it does not, alas, start here.

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.

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.

It would be easy to dismiss the film as just another piece of anti-spider propaganda if it wasn’t such a fun, effective, tightly wound creature feature...

… a fast-paced, thrilling monster mash …

Sting is the cinematic equivalent of a spider bite.

Sting will remain one of the most disappointing movies of the year, one whose potential is immediately wasted by the time it’s clear the movie will be nothing more than a slightly edgier PG-13 horror flick.