Missed last week’s releases and there were a ton. This week has a smaller amount of releases and all are on DVD only. These are all direct-to-DVD releases excet for one. So, let the list begin…..

Mutants Format: DVD
Steven Bauer, Michael Ironside

Bauer has uncovered an insidious and potentially world-threatening plot involving a biochemist, a terrorist, and a sugar company working together to create an additive that will make sugar more addictive than cocaine and heroin. In turn this additive creates mutants that will dominate the world.

Night Watcher  Format: DVD
Daniel Vincent Gordh, Christopher Kadish

Following the unexpected suicide of her mother, Angela finds comfort in her new friendship with Brian. One day she receives a terrifying package containing a voyeuristic tape. The tape chronicles her mother’s final days and reveals that someone had been following…watching…stalking her. As the death toll around town rises, it becomes clear that this is no mere coincidence. The deaths were thought to be suicides, but the truth is far worse.

Beast Within  Format: DVD
Birthe Wolter, Philipp Danne

Robert is driving with two friends to his hometown where his grandfather’s mansion is. At a gas station, he unexpectedly meets his f ormer love Marlene. He invites her and her girlfriend to the mansion for a dinner-party. The small group enjoy the evening with drinks. Suddenly a man comes out of the forest – apparently he is infected with a bird-flu virus. But he is not the only one, more infected people approach the house. The friends barricaded against the dangerous force, but one of them is infected too…

Death of Evil  Format: DVD
Damian Chapa, Natasha Blasick

Supernatural traditions collide in this low-budget horror film from Mexican-American actor-director Damian Chapa. Chapa stars as Native American David Thunder, who summons up his ancestral spirituality to battle evil spirits when he finds out that his pregnant wife, Julieta (Natasha Blasik), comes from an aristocratic family of devil-worshippers and has nefarious purposes for him and their unborn child. ~ All Movie Guide

Contagio  Format: DVD
Isabelle Stephen, Lucien Eisanach

Calvin and Iris’s dream vacation turns into a nightmare when a satellite the government claimed to have destroyed crashes near their campsite and releases a deadly toxic cloud. Starring Isabelle Stephen (Vampire Sisters) and Luc Bernier (Torment).

Them  Format: DVD
James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn

That ol’ cinematic devil the A-bomb has spawned a colony of giant murderous ants bent on destroying humanity in this, the seminal big bug movie (an obvious and oft-credited influence for Alien among countless others). The special effects may be dated, but this brilliantly rational-sounding film has held up wonderfully in all other regards, including some starkly effective location work in the high Arizona desert, a genuinely inspired sound design guaranteed to bring on the creepy-crawlies, and an unexpectedly dry sense of humor (mainly personified by Grade-A egghead scientist Edmund Gwenn).

Dark Mirror  Format: DVD
Lisa Vidal, Lupe Ontiveros

Lisa Vidal of ER delivers a stunning performance as Deborah Martin, a former photographer turned stay-at-home mom who moves her family into a strange old house filled with cut-glass windows and mirrors. But when Deborah begins seeing chilling visions within the reflections, she will become obsessed with trying to capture the truth behind the house s dark secret. Has Deborah accidentally discovered an alternate reality that unleashes a homicidal evil, or is she trapped within the terrifying recesses of the female mind? David Chisum (One Life To Live), Lupe Ontiveros (Real Women Have Curves) and Christine Lakin (Valentine) star in this provocative horror thriller with a killer twist that became a smash hit on IFC Festival Direct.