Mongolian Death Worm is a 2010 television film directed by Steven R. Monroe and stars Sean Patrick Flanery that was aired on May 8, 2010 on Syfy.

[1][2] An American corporation sets up operations in Mongolia to search for shale oil by pumping superheated water into the earth.

At the same time, the on-site manager, Patrick, is worried that the equipment failures and delays will attract too much attention from corporate bosses.

With the drilling operation (and his side deal) threatened, Patrick starts to panic when Mr. Bixler, a corporate boss, shows up to find out what's going on.

At the same time, a group of volunteer medical workers, Doctors of Hope, is trying to stop a disease outbreak in a Mongolian village caused by the worms contaminating the water sources.

The lead doctor, Alicia, encounters Daniel when she and a colleague, Phillip, need transportation for themselves and their medical supplies to the village where the rest of her team is working.

Another doctor, Steffi, tells Alicia that sick, elderly people have been insisting that the "death worms" cause the epidemic.

Patrick, desperate to still make his black market deal, reveals his duplicity when he pulls a gun on Bixler, who is on the phone with the corporation.

Still unaware of the worm threat, Patrick takes Bixler down to the lower level, where he binds him to a support column and gags him.

Daniel reaches his truck and then goes to Sepegal to warn Alicia about the worms; he insists they need to move the temporary clinic and its patients somewhere else.

Alicia theorizes that the worms are a type of organism released from stasis because of hot water pumping deep into the earth.

As Bana emerges from the plant, Patrick and the other accomplice return from taking a crate of stolen loot to another hiding place.

[3][4] DVD Verdict panned the movie, writing "Forgetting the really poor CGI, the problem is just how dumb you need to be for these giant worms to be a serious threat.

"[5] Dread Central also heavily criticized Mongolian Death Worms, calling it an "instantly forgettable Syfy monster-of-the-week formula feature" and also stating that "I'm sure for some it will pass the time on a rainy day.