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Sting (2024)

 

Sting is a horror filled with hot takes on how families should and do interact.

Kiah Roache-Turner trades scares for sending a message to the audience about men's roles in relationships especially when it comes to step-fathers. Considering he wrote and directed the film, it really shows his idea of what typical families should and are like. Why can't scary movies just be scary movies anymore? You're not Jordan Peele and stop trying to be.

Ryan Corr plays the stepfather and does the best job of the bunch but his character is written in a way that men don't act in modern day. He hasn't been in anything you've probably seen. His interactions with Alyla Browne seem forced and don't sell their relationship. She plays Young Furiosa in the recent Furiosa film.

The most notable actor in the film is Penelope Mitchell who you might remember from 2019's Hellboy and Star Trek: Picard. That being said she's okay. She's not bad but she did have some bad deliveries. She was better at the beginning of the film and her performance just got worse over the film.

Sting will not be on most people's list of films to see but I love horror, but not when they lack scares. Result: D-

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