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Black Circle Boys

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Here's a very disturbing little film. It's about a young guy called Kyle (Scott Bairstow White Fang 2, The Postman, Party of Five (tv)) whose family moves to a new (and boring) little town and he ends up attending a new high school -- trying to fit in, trying to deal with being the new guy and also trying to cope with the death of his best friend. He goes from A student to loser in forty-five minutes, giving up being a top athlete in exchange for the acceptance of a group of heavy metal wannabes and large amounts of drugs - virtually everything from pot to lsd to crack. His life spirals out of control. He ends up joining the BCB who are a small group of these high school losers who practice an invented brand of Satanism in the wooded state park behind the high school. The group's leader Shane (Eric Mabius (Party of Five (tv), Lawn Dogs, Welcome to the Dollhouse) is severely disturbed and influenced by drug dealer/fence Greggo (Donnie Wahlberg yeah, that one -- New Kids on the Block, baby) who is the local Temple of Set devil worshiper who recruits local high school losers and gets them to rob houses for him in exchange for drugs.

The plot moves along slowly as Kyle sinks into this realm of madness, but once there, it spins wildly out of control -- there is much violence (including sick satanic rituals where the Shane kills a cat and then they dig up a skeleton) and even murder. The acting is superb, and makes the overall effect of the film that much more disturbing.

Where are first it appears to be just another high school nostalgia film (heck, it looked like my high school), it becomes this horror film -- but way too realistic. One keeps asking, "where are the parents, where are the cops" as these lowlifes rampage through the town pillaging and killing and just making all sorts of mayhem.

In the end, Kyle must fight the demons which are pulling him under, and the second half of the film chronicles his attempts to overcome the darkness which threatens to consume and destroy him.

In my opinion this movie is exactly what you would expect it to be. Sure it is vulgar, sure there are a lot of explicits throughout the movie and much drug use, but it is what it is. Scott's charachter is coming to grips with his friends death and looking to fit in and rebel where ever he can. It is a dark movie not suited for children, but if this is the type of movie that you enjoy and go into it knowing that it is dark, vulgar and morbid, and that is what you want to see at the moment then you get what you rented. No this is not what teens are like, nor is TX Chainsaw real either, the point is just sit back and either enjoy it or hate it, but I give it 4 out of 5 stars. It is what it is.

When I bought this movie awhile back, I knew practically nothing about it, except that Scott Bairstow was in it, one of my favorite actors. Even if he hadn't starred in it, I would have enjoyed it anyway.

"Black Circle Boys", which is based on a true story, follows Kyle Sullivan (played by Scott Bairstow), who is a lonely teenager new to town and gets involved with a Satanic group of guys known as the Black Circle Boys. They spend all of their time getting wasted, beating people up (including their high school security guard), breaking into homes, and pretty much doing anything else destructive and illegal. The leader of the group, Shane Carver (Eric Mabius), is completely psychotic and, from the beginning, let's Kyle know he shouldn't make an enemy out of him, which of course Kyle does when he wants to leave the group.

For the most part, "Black Circle Boys" is a pretty dark film. If you can handle watching most of the things I mentioned above (i.e., drug use, strong profanity, and violence, which escalates to a couple of murders), then you'll probably be ok with this movie. I thought the acting was terrific, the characters were believable, and the moody Northwest setting was perfect (filmed around where I live: in the Puget Sound area). For Lisa Loeb fans, the singer makes a small appearance in a bar as the "angry woman" who tries to attack Shane as the group first walks in. Blink and you'll miss it.

The only thing that bothered me about "Black Circle Boys" was the cat killing scene, which is why I gave this movie a "4" instead of a "5". The scene isn't very graphic, for those who are squeamish, but I'm not very tolerant about killing animals. Other than that, this is a great film. Highly recommended.

This movie is just simply the best! The acting was great, the plot realistic, and Eric Mabius was hot! Eric's portrayal of Shane Carver just blew me away! He portrayed every aspect of Shane well and he made me feel sympathy for him. I urge people to check out this movie just to see Eric in a major role, were he deserves to be. There is a lot of drug use and violence in this movie, so if you don't want to see either I suggest you don't rent this movie. You probably won't like it. There are two or three somewhat brutal scenes and most of what the BCB does is in relation to how much drugs they have done or how much they need. If you were okay watching Blade or the camp-fire feeding scene of the Lost Boys then you won't think this is so bad.

the black circle boys was a great movie about what i would call social misfits (most people are right.. i wouldn't really consider them very gothic) and their world of drugs, satan, "brotherhood", and death. shane, kyle, mun, and rory, (and chloe) make up this movie of oddities.. the story of kyle, the all-american swimmer gone satanist, (against his wishes may i add), and the story of shane, (psychotic childhood, crazy father) are somehow understandable. and although the drug dealer (donnie wahlberg?!) is pretty much the only comedic sense to the film (from new kids to satan?) i found this movie to be very well acted, well written, well produced, and the storyline was wicked. the ending was a bit disapointing.. in a way where you want to see more.. what happened to certain charachers(charachter) etc. but i have added this movie to my list of favorites.. its actually a good life lesson of what its like to get in too deep.

I didn't originally intend to write a review of this movie, but after reading the previous one, I felt I had to input my opinion. I completely disagree with the author of the other review when he says this is 'the type of movie you wish was never made.' I thoroughly enjoyed the entire show. I thought the actors were excellent and the plot was quite interesting. The only problem I found with this movie was that it wrongfully portrays Satanism, as do many television programs, books, movies, etc. I'm not here to educate the public about Satanists, but I will just say this. Human and/or animal sacrifices are NOT a common practice among Satanists. Few people, much like the boys in the movie, deem themselves 'Satanists' when in actuality, they are not. But as for the movie, it held my interest the whole time and, in my opinion, deserves a 5 star rating. If you are the type of person who is interested in experiencing a different sort of movie and can handle a bit of graphic content, I would definitely recommend it for your 'Must See' list.

Well, let's see it this way. I've seen many negative views on this movie, but all I have are extremely beautiful words to say about it.

First of all, I must say that I am a pretty hardcore fan of Eric Mabius. I've been snatching up each and every single movie I can find with him in it. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my entire life.

Mabius portrays a guy named Shane Carver, who borders a bit on the obsessed fanatic. We see, ever since we meet him, that he is extremely obsessed with 'pleasing the Father'. Every move he makes radiates power, and it is just amazing.

I'm not going to say more on the actors, because my main focus, after all, was on Mabius. I will say this, though: the acting was so realistic that I could actually imagine this happening. I got so into the movie that one time I actually believed someone was videotaping the escapades of the Black Circle Boys.

While I found this movie highly amusing at some points, and rather dramatic at others, I'll still say this. The drug use, explicit language, and the violence is rather extreme at some points. Not exactly recommended for many of the younger audience.

Nevertheless, if you're looking for a good movie, here it is. This one will keep you at the edge of your seat.

I saw this movie on late-night Showtime probably 5 or 6 years ago, and I remembered really digging it. It is "based on a true story", that being the one of Ricky Kasso in a 1984 New York suburb. But it's a very sensationalized version of the story.

The real Ricky was a drugged-out dumbass, who killed another dumbass for ripping him off, pretty simple. He listened to Ozzy and Maiden and had a few LaVey books and thought he was a Satanist. He tried to get all the people he knew into it, but they were only there for the drugs. Before he killed the dude he kept telling him to "Say you love Satan!" as he was stabbing him, like 21 times, then gouging his eyes out and smashing his head in. There were two other guys in the woods with him; one was his right-hand man, the other was some dude they didn't really know, who was just hanging out with them for the Acid he was on while he witnessed the murder (which led police to not believe his story).

The "Satanic Panic" of the media in 1984 grabbed the "DAMN DEVIL WORSHIPPERS" aspect of the story and made him into some Cult Leader, but in reality, he was just a dumbass headbanger. He hanged himself in jail, awaiting trial.

Discovery Channel did a documentary on it called 'Satan in the Suburbs' that's also available on amazon (I think). It's pretty much everything from the story. It's 45 minutes, which is too long, and very hokey (sinister narrator dude saying things like "It was an ordinary day, in an ordinary town, but this was no ordinary crime"...etc.) It does give every detail of it all...just.....very.....very.....slowly. Jim Van Bebber did pretty much a whole Re-Enactment film with a voice-over that told the story in 15 minutes called 'My Sweet Satan'....which is a brilliant little short film starring Van Bebber as Ricky. He updated it to 1995 and used Black Metal, but it's pretty much the story. It's in the extras on the DVD for 'Deadbeat at Dawn'.

Black Circle Boys elaborates on the story, making the "just some guy hanging out with them for the Acid" the heart-throb male lead and also the "new kid in town who falls in with the wrong crowd". Ricky (Shane in this movie) is a lot more intelligent and sinister than the real Ricky. They added a love interest and all the other crap "needed" for a script, and more murder and mayhem than the real story.

The acting is really, really good. The dude that plays the retard, Rory (Chad Lindberg...the real kid's name was Gary") did a fantastic job, and the other 3 main actors were great. DONNIE WAHLBERG plays the older, creepy, gay, Satanist who teaches Shane everything. There was a real guy named Pat I think, that educated Ricky. I assume that's who Donnie's character was based on.

The story was good, except the love interest crap and the "teen angst" vibe of it. It also played sometimes like a Lifetime movie with the sap, but the dirty Indie side makes up for those moments.

Bloodletting, cat sacrifice, lots of imagery and pentagrams, etc. They did the film the right way on this type of stuff; don't go overboard with it, but make sure that people who know what it's all about aren't turned off cause you screwed it up.

The ending was weak and the Final Showdown wasn't really believable, but I'm not complaining. Overall it's a good little movie guaranteed to please the Metalhead within you.

There was another movie made within the last few years on this story called 'Ricky 6', but I haven't made a huge effort to find a copy yet. Ebay is my friend.

Scott Bairstow(Wild America, New Best Friend) and his parents move to a new town, he's enrolled into a new school, its where he meets a girl and the girl tells him about the Black Circle Boys, lead by Eric Mabius(Resident Evil, The Crow: Salvation), and other members include a fat brainwhacked kid, Donnie Wahlberg(Dreamcatcher, Southie), Wahlberg seems like a pervert..really and a skinny and whimpy Chad Lindberg(October Sky, The Fast and The Furious)..they include Bairstow into their little circle..party, rock on and do rituals..one involving a cat. Mabius goes really crazy and his performance is the glue that holds this movie together...very raw and brutal...a good movie

this movie is so good i can't even find it anywhere. if you come across a copy of this buy it. it is reminissant of american history x, or slc punk in the fact that it is mostly about teen-aged boys comming of age. while the first two movies were aimed at a pirticualy sceen, this will hit home for the rest of us. drugs are bad!! :)