Good start, but then it gets ruined

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

There is a line in the Oscar caliber film "Spawn" where the evil clown, says "How come Heaven gets all the good fellas, and we're left with the retards?" That pretty much sums up this film. Black Circle Boys is a story of a kid who is depressed because one of his dumb friends fell 10 feet and broke his neck while they were drunk, so instead of moving on with his life, like most teenagers, he decides to blame the world. From there the kid starts doing drugs and hanging out with the social rejects who just happen to worship Satan. Despite my previous comments, Black Circle Boys is really not a bad little film in aspects of writing, directing or cinematography, but the acting mainly by Scott Bairstow, the lead, is horrible to the point that its almost funny. His mannerism and acting abilities are limited to the fact that every time he is on screen, which is every 30 seconds in this film, he reminds me of a schizophrenic 12 yr old girl who is coked up on speed. Eric Mabius, on the other hand, known as Shane in the film does a great job playing an eccentric Satanist and is almost too good at playing the role. Overall this film has very, very little rewarding value and really is not worth your time, though if you're a Satanist or would like to see what a blood ritual is, go for it. Just remember this film is sh*tty. And you have been warned.

Hmm.. I have certain mixed feeling by this movie. At first the characters seem to be genuine, Kyle is a bit like me (drummer, only I perform much better). But after like 15 minutes this movie takes a nose dive. All the people, the so called "headbangers" are just completely s*****. No real metalhead would do stuff like this. And the band****, what kind of crap is that?. They make some kind of 'obvious connection' (in their eyes) between metalheads and metal music and the use of satanic rituals.. that is one thing that pisses me off. The second is, if you want to state that they are metalheads, let them look like metalheads.. especially Kyle does not look like one.Eric Mabius is the guy that made the movie bareable, he is the only character that makes a little sense to me. Plus the direction is pretty ok, nice dark shots and the beginning sequence is cool too. But this is not going to dave this movie.I am sick an tired of these kind of movies, I know why they do this, in 'goody goody- land' (America) you can;t make movies about everyone anymore, without being offensive, so they just use a musical scene instead, because it's pretty vague. Well I can tell you, gothic people are not like this, I listen satanic music as well, and I use magick sometimes, and it has nothing to do with evil and violence. This guy, Shane, he's just a psychotic man, that's what he is, the fact that he likes metal music or dresses in black has nothing to do with this. Why don't they make movies about the truth? about the real killers, the people with guns, corporations, black people, poor people, insane people. Movies like this will only keep the vision people have about metalheads intact, and that is a shame, because we are not like this. I am giving Eric Mabius 2 points, the direction 2 points and the story 1 point. So I still give it a 5 out of ten. It's not really bad, just remember it is not like this in real life.

I actually quite enjoyed this movie. Great acting by Mabius especially, but also by Subkoff and Bairstow. I think this movie has a lot of potential, the ending was a big letdown, it left many questions unanswered but left room for a sequel, hopefully. Three were quite a few weak parts in the screenplay, but then again some good ones too. Overall it was one of those "good but could use improvement in some areas" type of movies. I'd still rent it, however, for the acting.

Black Circle Boys is kind of the poor man's River's Edge. It started out with a guy in a new school trying to recover from the loss of friend. Along the way he comes in contact with Shane Carver. Leader of the Black Circle Boys. A group of satan worshiping dopers that want to start a band. Well it was kind of funny in a goofy way when it turned serious at the drop of a dime, DEAD serious. Bummer. Eric Mabius (Carver) gives a pretty good performance, but it really doesn't make sense. At the beginning it says it was based on a true story, but I think the writer or director made that up. Kind of creepy flick with some memorable and disturbing sequences. Sorry though guys, its no River's Edge. 6/10