However, what begins as an innocent academic excursion soon evolves into more of a nightmare boot-camp following a series of mysterious occurrences. Wondering whether the ensuing 93 minutes will focus on the purpose of Lockwood’s expedition or what became of him, our expectations are soon challenged and flipped as we begin a new narrative.įour teenagers and an archetypal college professor (Edward Baker-Duly, “Welcome Home”) are taking an archaeological field trip to a remote island off the coast of Scotland. The footage is interrupted by a series of short and distorted sounds which serve to solidifying the eerie tone that will be sustained for much of the films duration. The film evidences its debt to the sub-genre of found footage by opening with a taped recording of Paul Lockwood (played in a “blink and you’ll miss him” moment by Ross Noble, “Nails”) a camper who has pitched his tent out in the wilderness. A group of students entering into the shady confines of the woods is a familiar horror premise that we all recognize, not least of all in what has become the very embodiment of the idea “The Blair Witch Project.” However, Peter Callow’s The Circle manages to keep its own sense of originality whilst drawing from its predecessors.
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