Sting of Death is a 1966 American science fiction horror film directed by William Grefé, written by Al Dempsey, and starring Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, Deanna Lund, John Vella, and Jack Nagle.

Its plot concerns five female college students who head to the Florida Everglades for a holiday, but instead of fun in the sun, run into trouble with a mutated, bloodthirsty, and quite deadly jellyfish-man-monster.

Karen and the others - Louise (Sandy Lee Kane), Jessica (Deanna Lund), Donna (Lois Etelman), and Susan (Blanche Devreaux) - are staying at Dr. Richardson's house.

Many of the other students die when their boat sinks - the monster has chopped a hole in its hull with an axe - and they're attacked by a school of Portuguese Man O' War jellyfish.

Regional films in general "were conceived, produced and often distributed entirely in corners of the country not typically associated with the entertainment industry - from the backwoods of Utah to the bayous of Louisiana to the outer boroughs of New York.

[6][7] The film was distributed in the US by Thunderbird International Pictures to help fulfill an annual need for inexpensive horror double features which were timed to coincide with April 15, the traditional season opening of drive-ins in the northern part of the country.

[10][11] The restored Sting of Death is to be included as part of the Blu-ray boxed set He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection, released on 23 November 2020.

He writes that Sting of Death is a "peculiar sci-fi calamity," a movie that is "wrong-headed, absurd, and unintentionally funny" but one that will nonetheless "thrill lovers of trash cinema and confuse everyone else."

He is of the opinion that Grefé "films the dance sequences with special attention paid to his female subjects' posteriors, suggesting an almost Russ Meyers-like appreciation of this portion" of their anatomy.

[1] Besides writing that Sting of Death has an "overabundance of mundane dialogue and amateurish acting, film historian Bryan Senn makes special note of the Jellyfish Man costume.

However, Senn points out, "In fact, it looks just like what it really is - a man in a crusty, dirty wetsuit and flippers, with plastic cords hanging from his shoulders and a clear hefty bag inflated over his head.