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An entomologist, how fortuitous.

It’s the season to come to town and the mayor wants to kick out the expert because it might hurt their business. But it isn’t summer on Amity Island, it’s the Dia de los Muertos in a small Mexican village and it isn’t sharks, it’s a swarm of vicious insects. One thing is the same—we’ve got a man-eater out there. In Deadly Swarm, Dr. Daniel Lang (Shane Brolly) is an entomologist brought to this small village to take care of the malaria-carrying mosquitos. The mayor (Roger Nevares) isn’t too pleased that Lang’s sanitized mosquitos are now annoying the populace ahead of the Dia de los Muertos celebration. Meanwhile, the semi-crazed Dr. Fortsen (J. Patrick McCormack) has captured a swarm of deadly wasps and given them to a drug-smuggler to take back to the United States. This smuggler...

Deadly Swarm will be available for the first time on DVD August 13 2013 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Created in the tradition of Arachnophobia and Snakes on a Plane this horror flickstars Shane Brolly (Underworld franchise) and John Patrick McCormack (TVs The West Wing) and is directed by Paul Andresen (Shockumentary). Synopsis Seeking out a cure for his wifes serious illness scientist Dr. Schroeder (McCormack) heads deep into a forbidden jungle in Guatemala trapping thousands of killer wasps. Working with secret military backing it is Schroeders contention that the venom from the wasps stingers can be of great medicinal benefit. But when they try to illegally smuggle the wasps into the Us the truck they are on...

I still remember watching the flick The Swarm within the last couple of years. The flick redefined the word "boredom," and the problem was only compounded by its ridiculously long runtime. Hopefully Lionsgate's new flick Deadly Swarm can get some buzz back!

From the Press Release

The infectious Syfy Channel Original Movie Deadly Swarm is available for the first time on DVD August 13 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Created in the tradition of Arachnophobia and Snakes on a Plane, this horror flick stars Shane Brolly (Underworld franchise) and John Patrick McCormack (TV’s “The West Wing”) and is directed by Paul Andresen (Shockumentary).

Synopsis

Seeking out a cure for his wife’s serious illness, scientist Dr. Schroeder (McCormack) heads deep into a forbidden jungle in Guatemala, trapping thousands of killer wasps. Working with secret military backing, it is Schroeder’s contention that the venom from the wasps’ stingers can be of great medicinal benefit.