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Spider horror: Big fear of little critters

Very hungry and very gruesome: from June 20, the giant spider "Sting" will be wreaking havoc in cinemas around the world.(Bild: Constantin Film)

The aversion to spiders is huge - and Hollywood knows how to play perfidiously with our fear. The spider horror "Sting" opens in cinemas on June 20. But why are we disgusted by the eight-legged creatures? Krone+ interviewed a zoologist and a horror expert - with spine-tingling results.

It all starts harmlessly enough. Twelve-year-old Charlotte finds a tiny little spider in an air duct in her run-down apartment in New York, which she promptly adopts. The problem: the supposed pet grows at record speed and develops a murderous appetite for human flesh. To say that director Kiah Roache-Turner's horror shocker "Sting", which opens in cinemas next Thursday, is not for arachnophobes would be a bold understatement.