Blu-ray Review – Black Circle

The ways of mental manipulation are examined in 2018's "Black Circle," a Mexican/Swedish production looking to creep out viewers with its slow-burn study of control. Writer/director Adrian Garcia Bogliano has something sinister in mind with the picture, trying to replicate a low-budget brain bleeder from the 1970s, merging the ways of exploitation and underground cinema for this exploration of self-help gone horribly wrong. There's a fantastic idea for a freak-out at the center of the endeavor, but Bogliano has some difficulty staying focused on unnerving business in "Black Circle," which often gets lost in its own world-building. It's an interesting feature, but only periodically, eventually diminished by a weak climax, which doesn't carry the kind of payoff invested viewers deserve. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com