The Circle

Despite the small budget of the film (which is noticeable), done well! The acting is good and does not cause rejection.

I honestly liked The Circle. It is a movie that came with a good script, better than your average actors, and a well crafted execution.

The story is there, with more layers than one, the characters are quite ok developed, not the greatest visual effects but they blended them nicely with the dark, and everyone involved in the making of this little horror seemed to know what they were doing. I really do hope others will learn from such small gems, because you can keep the viewer interested as long as you got a good story behind you and you know how to tell it right.

It will be one of those movies that I have to recommend, one that made the absolute best of its small budget, and surely something that I will use as a mark when comparing to other future low budget/ in the woods horrors.

Cheers!

Worth watching, moderate start, gets better and better. Should be rated higher than 5

Dull. Dull. Dull. Unlikable characters, some terrible acting. Boring story. Poor effects. Waste of time.

Amateurish but better than average teen scream with relatively few of the errors that make a lot of horror just annoying.

What it excels at is rich characters I (mostly) really want to root for and I genuinely had the impression that none of them were ever totally safe. Like a lot of horror lately it feels a bit like two movies slammed together: the archaeological horror on one side and the relationship drama on the other but it was actually rather alright with the jealous ex-bf who I can so believe could be a rapist. We use the word "creep" way too liberally but even I was thinking it here.

With a cool setting and pretty girls, it's not too much of a chore to get to the third act but it does eventually get pretty cheesy and the ending is just bonkers and not in the good way.

I will say this: with all the really dumb horror out there I would rather you saw this if you were in the mood to scrape the bottom of the barrel.