‘Sting’ Could Be This Year’s Best & Goriest Creature Feature

Perhaps taking a cue from last year’s Evil Dead Rise, a monster overtakes an apartment building; this time in the form of a giant spider. The film is titled Sting and just like Rise it’s rated R for violent content, bloody images, and language.

We got the first full-length trailer today and to be honest, it gives away a lot, but it looks absolutely phenomenal in the practical effects department. Written and directed by Australia’s Kiah Roache-Turner, who did phenomenal work on 2014’s Wyrmwood (and its sequels), Sting looks to be a no-holds-barred creature feature that makes Speilberg’s Arachnophobia look like a Disney fairytale.

According to the lengthy synopsis, “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. Neighbors’ pets start to go missing, and then the neighbors 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.”

The movie will open in U.S. theaters on April 12.