I'll be honest, I was not excited about this at all. Properly meh... n I'll watch if I've nothing else on my radar.

Maybe that helped?

Combined with my huge fear of spiders... and recent releases of similar genre and theme.

I got the chance to watch, and I have to be honest it was a good fun watch. Not what I expected at all.

It had good comedy moments (loved grandma) and the dog scene. Not a spoiler.

There was elements that reminded me of home alone, if you watch you'll know.

I think this film was really well done, like I say someone with a feat but I didn't find it boring at any part and enjoyed the actual story. Definitely say give it a look. Took me by surprise.

Sting really didn't need to be an alien spider, it shouldn't have explained so much and despite the tight run time, it's got some serious pacing issues. It takes way too much time to get to the good stuff and then ends abruptly but a strong cast, some creepy kills and a well intentioned love of Aliens all help to make it an entertaining one-time watch.

Alyla Browne and Ryan Corr are the heart of the film whilst Jermaine Fowler is a sparingly used comic relief. They care for each other affectionately whilst struggling to properly communicate at points. The arc they go on holds few surprises which isn't a problem since it gives the film some stakes by endearing you to them and helps keep you invested in their survival.

Kiah Roache-Turner's direction gives the film a campy tone which helps as often as it hinders. Starting it near the end creates a solid hook and the scares are at their strongest when they're just really gross. Brad Shield's cinematography glides through the impressive sets which gives the film an energy that almost makes up for how slow it is.

Really enjoyed this movie but would of been so much better with a more intelligent lead character and not some absolute preschool educated girl. But the effects of the spiders webs along with its growth rate is very intriguing and fun to watch. The kill in the mice are also very good mostly been on screen kills with the exception on a few side characters but coming back to it again with this movie would be 10x better if the main 12 year old girl wasn't mentally challenged and frankly to over exaggerated to better the rebel brat. I can not express how hard it is to not cringe when the main character speaks to any other character in the movie. Anyway solid animal horror movie if your star is the killer.