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How Indie Creature Feature ‘Sting’ Got ‘Lord of the Rings’ Visual Effects Legends to Make Scary, Disgusting Spiders
The scary spiders of indie horror movie 'Sting' were developed by Wētā Workshop, which worked on 'Lord of the Rings' and Marvel movies.
“Sting,” a slick creature feature about a teen (Alyla Browne) who befriends a rapidly-growing alien spider with a taste for humans, is the brainchild of writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner, who was inspired by his fear of eight-legged creepy crawlies. My job as a horror filmmaker is to take my greatest fear and throw it at you guys and hope it sells tickets, and there’s nothing scarier in my head than a spider the size of a bulldog that can drag you into an air conditioning duct and eat you.” Roache-Turner was able to turn his spider nightmares into a reality through a collaboration with Taylor, and the duo got so into the planning that they would spend time on Zoom crooking their hands to show the angle of what the mandibles would look like.
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