Stung – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Stung

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WISE Score

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Low-budget body horror where mutant wasps turn a garden party into a gore fest—and not even the fun kind of gore fest.

5.1/10

60%

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Stung

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15, 2015

WISE Score

Avg. Tomatometer

Low-budget body horror where mutant wasps turn a garden party into a gore fest—and not even the fun kind of gore fest.

5.1

60%

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Screenwise Verdict

Stung is a forgettable creature feature that couldn't decide if it wanted to be campy fun or serious horror, so it landed in the worst middle ground: boring and gross.

The numbers tell the story—critics were mildly charitable at 60%, but actual viewers who paid money gave it 24% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's a massacre worse than anything the wasps delivered. At 5.1 on IMDb and 2.7 on Letterboxd, even genre fans who usually grade on a curve for B-movies couldn't find much to love.

This is adults-only content with graphic body horror, but it's not even good enough to recommend to horror fans. It's just unpleasant, slow, and forgettable. There are a thousand better creature features to watch if that's your thing. Skip it.

Age Fit

This is exclusively for adults 18+ who specifically enjoy low-budget horror, and even then, most of them didn't like it. The ratings across the board suggest this is a skip for pretty much everyone.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

A B-movie horror-comedy where people get impaled and eaten by giant mutant wasps at a garden party. The tone is campy schlock, not emotionally healthy viewing. Zero modeling of positive behavior—just screaming, running, and gore.

Imaginative

Giant killer wasps bursting out of people's bodies at a fancy party is a creative premise in the creature-feature tradition. The execution is low-budget practical effects with some inventive gross-out moments, but it's derivative of countless other monster movies and doesn't push boundaries beyond 'what if wasps, but huge?'

Safe

Common Sense Media rates it 18+. This is full-on body horror with graphic violence, people being used as wasp incubators, impalement, gore, and likely language and sexual content. Absolutely not something a kid should stumble onto. The 24% Rotten Tomatoes audience score suggests even horror fans found it unpleasant.

Enriching

It's a schlocky creature feature that exists to deliver practical gore effects. No meaningful themes, character development, or takeaways beyond 'don't get stung by mutant wasps.' The 5.1 IMDb and 2.7 Letterboxd ratings tell you this isn't even entertaining enough to justify itself as a guilty pleasure for most viewers.

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Why It Might Be Great

If you're a die-hard practical effects junkie who forgives bad acting for decent creature work, there are a few moments
The premise of 'fancy garden party meets creature feature' has comedic potential on paper
Critics gave it 60%, so maybe film students studying low-budget horror will find something to analyze

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What to Watch For

Graphic body horror with people being used as wasp incubators—seriously gross stuff
The 24% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is brutal; even horror fans mostly hated it
This is firmly adults-only territory (18+) with violence, gore, likely sexual content and language
It's boring—5.1 on IMDb means even people who sought out a mutant wasp movie were disappointed

Conversation Starters

"This isn't for you, but genuinely curious: why do you think some adults enjoy watching scary creature movies?"
"If you could design a mutant insect for a horror movie, what would make it actually terrifying versus just gross?"
"What's the difference between horror that's fun-scary and horror that's just unpleasant to watch?"

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