Exactly what I expected it to be, and glad to say I enjoyed it. Fun low budget horror with some comedy elements. Perfect for the spooky season. Quite fast paced, not pretentious or trying to be something it’s not. Highbrow, nope. Popcorn fun, absolutely!

Falls off hard towards the back end, where it becomes deadly predictable and bizarrely paced.

I quite enjoyed it, much better than I was expecting. The problem though, is this is an Australian movie and to any Australian, it will be quite obvious that the spider used in the movie was a Redback spider, which are indeed deadly, but Redbacks are not an unknown species that grow to epic proportions. They can be found quite commonly around Australia. I kinda wish they have created a fictional spider for the movie because that just threw the realism out for me. (what little realism there is in a movie about a giant spider, anyway lol) Also surprising was to see Noni Hazelhurst as Helge, who most Australian's will recognise as Noni from Play School and also many other Australian Productions. I had no idea the movie was even Australian before the opening scene. The movie is actually set in New York so it was a surprise to see her! But it turns out it was filmed in Sydney. Anyway, the movie was pretty good, had a high production quality, was well acted etc. But there was nothing new or refreshing. If you've seen any kind of "giant insect" or creature feature you probably know how the story goes.

Sting (2024) - ❤x7 This movie starts out on a hilarious note. Other than that it's an okay Spider Movie, but surprisingly better than expected. It does harken back to Arachnaphobia (1990). I was impressed with the performance of the young girl Alyla Browne. Moral of this story: Never trust a spider. How I rate: 1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time 4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this 7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too 9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!