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Uncork’d Entertainment rolls out a black carpet of death with their new creature feature The Deadly Swarm, which flies onto Digital and On Demand outlets today, April 2nd.

In the tradition of films like The Swarm (1978) and Black Swarm (2007), The Deadly Swarm comes from producer Tyler James.

From writer and director David Gregory (Krampus: The Return), Uncorkd’s The Deadly Swarm follows a group of cash desperate friends who attend a medical trial retreat.

“Lured under false pretenses and run by the suspicious Dr. Feldman, little do they know that the doctor has unwittingly created a race of killer flies, and they are hungry for blood.”

Uncork’d previews, “The Deadly Swarm offers genre enthusiasts good old-fashioned fun with inventive effects. For fans of Gremlins, The Howling, and Critters, it promises a nostalgic yet fresh take on creature horror.” Of course what they don’t mention is that unlike those aforementioned classics,...

Director David Winning's Quebec-lensed 2007 TV movie "Black Swarm" starring Robert Englund ("A Nightmare On Elm Street") is being re-released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment :

"...welcome to 'Black Stone', known as 'The Township of Good Neighbors', but now home to something more ominous: a pack of intelligent--and deadly--genetically-modified insect wasps.

"Exterminator 'Devin Hall' (Sebastien Roberts) has seen a lot when it comes to peculiar insect behavior, but nothing like the swarm of wasps that descends on a homeless man. Amassing as a black swarm, they have a single, terrifying purpose..."

Cast also includes Sebastien Robert and Sarah Allen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Black Swarm"...

Scream Of The Banshee Will Become The 200Th Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Premiering March 26 At 9Pm (Et/Pt)

New York – March 1, 2011 – Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts — every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death.

Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths,pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornados made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable....

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death. Now the professor, her daughter and a few of her students must try to stop the Banshee. A production of After Dark Films,...

We told you all the way back in the beginning of February that Steven C. Miller's After Dark Original, Scream of the Banshee,e would be making its world premiere on Syfy, who co-produced, on Saturday, March 26th, at 9/8 Central with a replay four hours later. But that's not the only thing cool about this debut!

From the Press Release

Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a...

Scream Of The Banshee Will Become The 200Th Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Premiering March 26 At 9Pm (Et/Pt)

From the Press Release:

New York, NY -- February 28, 2011 -- Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornados made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream...

Hollywood producer Robert Halmi's movie company is facing bankruptcy after racking up an estimated $600 million (£400 million) in unpaid debts.

Rhi Entertainment, the firm behind TV movies including 10.5 Apocalypse and Black Swarm, assumed the debt with 14 lenders when Halmi reacquired his company from Hallmark Entertainment executives in 2006.

Speaking about the acquisition at the time, Halmi told trade paper Daily Variety, "Clearly, we were over-leveraged. But we're still in business, still making films and business now is pretty good."

But Halmi has revealed the company is now restructuring its "corporate equity structure", which could include filing for bankruptcy.

Robert Halmi's movie company could be heading for bankruptcy court. Rhi Entertainment, which has produced TV movies including "10.5 Apocalypse" and "Black Swarm," is restructuring its "corporate equity structure," which could include filing for bankruptcy, according to Variety. The plan might also mean the company would no longer be publicly held. Rhi reportedly needs to restructure roughly $600 million in debt with 14 lenders. The company assumed that debt when Halmi reacquired his company from Hallmark Entertainment in 2006, according to Variety. "Clearly, we were over-leveraged," Halmi told Variety regarding the 2006 reacquisition.

Robert Englund stars as Dr. Eli, a quirky scientist responsible for unleashing a mutant breed of killer bees on an unsuspecting town, when Black Swarm flies onto DVD February 3, 2009 from Genius Products and Rhi Entertainment. The 12th installment in the popular "Maneater" DVD series - describd as a mix of The Birds and Piranha - also stars Sebastien Roberts, Sarah Allen, and Jayne Heitmeyer. David Winning ( Something Beneath ) directed from a script by Todd Samovitz ( Wonderland ) and Ethlie Ann Vare ( Something Beneath ). Synopsis: Exterminator Devin Hall (Roberts) has seen a lot when it comes to peculiar insect behavior, but nothing like the swarm of wasps that descends on a homeless man and kills him. The attack captures the attention of two women: Katherine...

• Anchor Bay sent along the cover art for Red Mist, the possession-and-murder chiller it releases February 24. We first reported on the DVDetails here.

Directed by Paddy (Shrooms) Breathnach from a script by Spencer Wright, Red Mist centers on a bullied young man who goes comatose due to a prank by a bunch of med students. When one of the latter remorsefully tries to revive him with experimental drugs, he instead gains the ability to possess members of the group and turn them murderously against each other. The cast is headed by Arielle (The Grudge 2) Kebbel, Sarah (Skinwalkers) Carter, Stephen (The Gathering) Dillane, Andrew Lee (Return To House On Haunted Hill) Potts and MyAnna (The Descent) Buring. Check out a Fango set visit to Red Mist in issue #280, on sale in January.

• Sony Pictures will release Screamers: The Hunted on February 17. The sequel to the futuristic 1995 film about burrowing, self-evolving...

We begin with the wackiness that is Minoru Kawasaki, the filmmaker responsible for The Calamari Wrestler and Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, and the DVD release of his silly and surreal 2005 animal costume slasher/thriller/comedy Executive Koala.

Tamara is just an average Japanese salaryman working for a pickle company except for the fact that he suffers from periodic memory loss, his vanished years earlier, and he happens to be a six-foot tall koala bear. His latest girlfriend is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect. Tamara joins forces with his boss (a white rabbit) and a friendly convenience store clerk (a frog) to prove his innocence.

Synapse Films will be treating us Americans to Executive Koala on November 18th (pre-order it here!), releasing it as part of what they are calling "The Minoru Kawasaki Collection". The other two in the collection, also being released on the 18th,...