This is pretty bad, but in the most ridiculous, inconsequential way. Even though it was set in the fifties, the person who put it together must have had no inkling as to how human beings treat each other. This is a mess. You have a bunch of young women dating medical students (the big wage earners of the future) who have a need to party at the "Cafeteria." When the guys get their assignment to view an autopsy, one of the major events in their education, the girls go all ballistic because they were left at the dance. You can't tell the faculty from the students because they are all in their thirties or forties. The main character is traumatized by a fear that his grandfather will jump out of his coffin and throttle him. Let's face it. Ozzie and Harriet was more exciting. The dialogue is atrocious and the believability of the whole thing stretched to the limit. One of the most memorable scenes is the fat guy and his large girlfriend in the bushes, moaning, eating hot dogs. If this isn't Freudian, I don't know what is. It's really a mess, but sort of "mess"merizing.
56 Reviews
It's not really anything!
DocEmmettBrown10 September 2007
As the end credits rolled to the execrable Ring Of Terror the first thing that occurred to me was that it had not succeeded to be any genre of movie at all, and I don't mean that in the good Donnie Darko way either.
The main problem is that it is essentially a Twilight Zone style set-up/payoff story but the film skirts so lightly over the setup (our main character has no fear) that the final pay-off seems utterly unconnected to anything. On top of that the payoff happens so swiftly that there's no dramatic tension at all.
The second problem is the tone. The movie starts off as a horror. Well, if you can class a campy actor looking for his cat (Puma!) in a graveyard while spouting nonsense actually horror. But once the opening credits have played the movie swiftly becomes a teen high school movie, so by the time the climax wrenches the viewer awkwardly back to horror we'd forgotten anything horrible was ever supposed to happen.
All of the other usual b-movie flaws are also evident - the bad acting, incredibly hittable 'comedy' characters, cheesy script. On top of that most of the college kids are played by really old actors. I'm not talking Danny and Sandy old here, these folks are literally in their forties with wrinkles and receding hairlines. It makes it very difficult to get into the story when they're so clearly not college kids.
In short don't think of watching this without the MST3K crew to help you along. It's easily one of the worst I've seen on MST3K.
The main problem is that it is essentially a Twilight Zone style set-up/payoff story but the film skirts so lightly over the setup (our main character has no fear) that the final pay-off seems utterly unconnected to anything. On top of that the payoff happens so swiftly that there's no dramatic tension at all.
The second problem is the tone. The movie starts off as a horror. Well, if you can class a campy actor looking for his cat (Puma!) in a graveyard while spouting nonsense actually horror. But once the opening credits have played the movie swiftly becomes a teen high school movie, so by the time the climax wrenches the viewer awkwardly back to horror we'd forgotten anything horrible was ever supposed to happen.
All of the other usual b-movie flaws are also evident - the bad acting, incredibly hittable 'comedy' characters, cheesy script. On top of that most of the college kids are played by really old actors. I'm not talking Danny and Sandy old here, these folks are literally in their forties with wrinkles and receding hairlines. It makes it very difficult to get into the story when they're so clearly not college kids.
In short don't think of watching this without the MST3K crew to help you along. It's easily one of the worst I've seen on MST3K.
Ring of boredom more like it
evilskip9 April 2000
This film wasn't released until 1962.My guess it was shot no later than 1957 and sat on the shelf for years.Too bad it didn't stay there.
The film centers on a fraternity hazing ritual played on medical students.One student who is seemingly without fear has to remove a ring off of a corpse in a mausoleum.
There are no scares and no real laughs to this flick. What you do have:
1)A band that plays in the school cafeteria called "The Campus Cool Cats"
2)The worlds oldest college students.Most of them looked like they're attending on the GI bill from WW II.
3)Some idiotic cemetary caretaker and his snivelling little cat Puma who introduce the film.Actually it is more like pad an extra five minutes onto the film as he chases the cat all over the cemetary.
4)Nice use of black and white photography
If you have guests or in laws over that can't take the hint to leave, slap this in the vcr and watch them run screaming off into the night.
The film centers on a fraternity hazing ritual played on medical students.One student who is seemingly without fear has to remove a ring off of a corpse in a mausoleum.
There are no scares and no real laughs to this flick. What you do have:
1)A band that plays in the school cafeteria called "The Campus Cool Cats"
2)The worlds oldest college students.Most of them looked like they're attending on the GI bill from WW II.
3)Some idiotic cemetary caretaker and his snivelling little cat Puma who introduce the film.Actually it is more like pad an extra five minutes onto the film as he chases the cat all over the cemetary.
4)Nice use of black and white photography
If you have guests or in laws over that can't take the hint to leave, slap this in the vcr and watch them run screaming off into the night.
Ed Wood... move over!
horsegoggles12 October 2005
There is one good thing about this movie, I only paid 50 cents for it at the dollar store. (Even the dollar store discounted it) The comments on this site about this film are right on target (and hilarious). It did seem like the entire movie was going to center on the caretaker calling his cat. The "college kids" were closer to retirement than graduation. The best acting was done by "John Doe". He should have had top billing. I have seen "bullet bras" in 50's films, but this was the first time ever to witness an "ICBM bra". Don't miss the dance scene. The dance tune, featuring a trumpet as the lead instrument, is performed by a band not having a trumpet. The goofy girl with pony tails, the nerdy guy, and the overweight couple were obviously added for comedy relief. Relief from what? I had to use the fast forward several times just to get to the "action", only to slip right passed the "action" without noticing it. This film is best viewed in "fast forward", and don't worry about missing the sound, it doesn't add anything to the plot. The dollar store won't refund my 50 cents.
Terrorless Ring of Amateurs
coppington23 August 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Ring of Terror was unintentionally created for DVD. Examine 'Ring' frame by frame for disappearing props, amusing facial expressions by amateur actors, continuity errors, etc.... Special thanks to directors Clark (low paid) Paylow and Harry Slott (Harry Slott?!?).
The film opens with a procession into a graveyard as several grim-looking, (some limping) men hand-carry a casket into a cemetery (to save money on a hearse???). Was this a prophetic view of what would happen to one of the movie's characters? The scene ends cold and is unexplained. Rigor, (get it? Rigor-mortis) the cemetery caretaker is then seen offering Ed Wood-style dialog in his office, then forced laughter over a cardboard headstone with painted letters where his cat Puma stops after a five minute chase through the cemetery. Rigor tells the tale of 42-year old Lewis Moffitt who pals around with guys who resemble Rod Serling, Arthur Godfrey, and Leave It to Beaver casting call rejects going to college. Much tedium and ho-hum follows as middle-aged college students go about their daily routine and prepare for the autopsy that will 'initiate' them as student doctors. Frustrated girlfriends complain about the academic demands placed on their boyfriends...yawn! Well before the two minute climax of the movie, we see a fat couple named Tiny and Ragdoll in a cafeteria eating like freshly slopped pigs, being laughed at while they dance, later eating more than their fair share out of a wheelbarrow/grill, eating one hot dog simultaneously, just eating, eating, eating! The fat girl is in a beauty contest, and only the biased boyfriend (what is he doing at the judge's table?) thinks she's beautiful. Back in the cafeteria, a band plays; a piano, clarinet, and trumpet can be heard but is nowhere to be seen. Even the saxophones that CAN be seen are not necessarily being played even though they are heard on the soundtrack. At the beauty contest the scene's music just stops suddenly in the middle of the melody without any segue.
We finally get to the autopsy scene, and the emphasis is on watching Tiny (the fat guy) pass out and revive multiple times, and which student WON'T run out the door to vomit. The rumor is getting around that Lewis is getting TOO brave; even at autopsies. Lewis is to be initiated into a frat, and now they have the perfect stunt for him to perform. Something related to John Doe the corpse and the 'fearless' Lewis' fear of the dark. Lewis has to go to the cemetery where John Doe is being stored and...
In the end, Rigor reappears (groan)to calm us after such terror. He even has Puma to stroke. There is nothing like a kitty to take the edge off a hard day at the caretakers office.
Some notable scenes: 1. Rigor is running through the cemetery calling for Puma the cat, but his mouth isn't moving. 2. Lewis talks to his girlfriend on the phone, and by the time the scene ends, a light in the chandelier behind him has burned out. 3. Lewis stomps on a rattlesnake that threatens him and his girlfriend while they are parked and necking. The snake is mottled when first seen then turns into a monotone colored rubber snake by the scenes' end. 4. Lewis trips over a headstone that disappears when the camera pans back. 5. Lewis's pajama top opens and closes over and over again in a scene where he is discussing a bad dream with his roommate. In the same scene, Lewis questions his roommate as to why he is looking at him 'like that,' as he lays there with his pajama open. 6. Lewis acts like he is choking in the 'climactic' last scene, but there is nobody squeezing his neck. Also, the corpse's hand changes position as it catches on Lewis' raincoat.
The film opens with a procession into a graveyard as several grim-looking, (some limping) men hand-carry a casket into a cemetery (to save money on a hearse???). Was this a prophetic view of what would happen to one of the movie's characters? The scene ends cold and is unexplained. Rigor, (get it? Rigor-mortis) the cemetery caretaker is then seen offering Ed Wood-style dialog in his office, then forced laughter over a cardboard headstone with painted letters where his cat Puma stops after a five minute chase through the cemetery. Rigor tells the tale of 42-year old Lewis Moffitt who pals around with guys who resemble Rod Serling, Arthur Godfrey, and Leave It to Beaver casting call rejects going to college. Much tedium and ho-hum follows as middle-aged college students go about their daily routine and prepare for the autopsy that will 'initiate' them as student doctors. Frustrated girlfriends complain about the academic demands placed on their boyfriends...yawn! Well before the two minute climax of the movie, we see a fat couple named Tiny and Ragdoll in a cafeteria eating like freshly slopped pigs, being laughed at while they dance, later eating more than their fair share out of a wheelbarrow/grill, eating one hot dog simultaneously, just eating, eating, eating! The fat girl is in a beauty contest, and only the biased boyfriend (what is he doing at the judge's table?) thinks she's beautiful. Back in the cafeteria, a band plays; a piano, clarinet, and trumpet can be heard but is nowhere to be seen. Even the saxophones that CAN be seen are not necessarily being played even though they are heard on the soundtrack. At the beauty contest the scene's music just stops suddenly in the middle of the melody without any segue.
We finally get to the autopsy scene, and the emphasis is on watching Tiny (the fat guy) pass out and revive multiple times, and which student WON'T run out the door to vomit. The rumor is getting around that Lewis is getting TOO brave; even at autopsies. Lewis is to be initiated into a frat, and now they have the perfect stunt for him to perform. Something related to John Doe the corpse and the 'fearless' Lewis' fear of the dark. Lewis has to go to the cemetery where John Doe is being stored and...
In the end, Rigor reappears (groan)to calm us after such terror. He even has Puma to stroke. There is nothing like a kitty to take the edge off a hard day at the caretakers office.
Some notable scenes: 1. Rigor is running through the cemetery calling for Puma the cat, but his mouth isn't moving. 2. Lewis talks to his girlfriend on the phone, and by the time the scene ends, a light in the chandelier behind him has burned out. 3. Lewis stomps on a rattlesnake that threatens him and his girlfriend while they are parked and necking. The snake is mottled when first seen then turns into a monotone colored rubber snake by the scenes' end. 4. Lewis trips over a headstone that disappears when the camera pans back. 5. Lewis's pajama top opens and closes over and over again in a scene where he is discussing a bad dream with his roommate. In the same scene, Lewis questions his roommate as to why he is looking at him 'like that,' as he lays there with his pajama open. 6. Lewis acts like he is choking in the 'climactic' last scene, but there is nobody squeezing his neck. Also, the corpse's hand changes position as it catches on Lewis' raincoat.
Bored of the "Ring"....
Mister-61 February 2002
Warning: Spoilers
I caught this one long, long before MST3K got their hot little hands on it and I wish I'd seen their take; couldn't have been worse than what the original was - could ANYTHING be worse?
The plot (PLOTZ is more like it) centers around a fraternity initiating this thick-as-a-brick med student to go and steal a ring off some dead guy in a mausoleum. Seems our "hero" has to deal with some deep, dark fears (pardon me - ooooohhhh....) of death and dying and stuff.
Meanwhile, things are padded out with more stock characters than any two episodes of "Dobie Gillis" and music that would make the Del-Aires (of "The Horror of Party Beach" fame) retch. Oh yeah, and a surprise ending that's as much of a surprise as what you'd find in your Cracker Jack, only not as much fun.
Kids, let's put this in language this movie would understand: man, this flick is a drag, the kids are square and the story is nowhere. Don't go this road no-way no-how, man!
One star for "Ring of Terror". I've seen bathtub rings scarier than this.
The plot (PLOTZ is more like it) centers around a fraternity initiating this thick-as-a-brick med student to go and steal a ring off some dead guy in a mausoleum. Seems our "hero" has to deal with some deep, dark fears (pardon me - ooooohhhh....) of death and dying and stuff.
Meanwhile, things are padded out with more stock characters than any two episodes of "Dobie Gillis" and music that would make the Del-Aires (of "The Horror of Party Beach" fame) retch. Oh yeah, and a surprise ending that's as much of a surprise as what you'd find in your Cracker Jack, only not as much fun.
Kids, let's put this in language this movie would understand: man, this flick is a drag, the kids are square and the story is nowhere. Don't go this road no-way no-how, man!
One star for "Ring of Terror". I've seen bathtub rings scarier than this.
A film bad enough that it would copy from Ed Wood?
AlsExGal13 April 2013
I'm going to give this three stars just because it is a rare chance to see what has completely disappeared from this earth - the B film made by the small independent making largely drive-in fare with players so anonymous that you wonder why they bothered giving them names in the film different from their actual names. Actually, I think the credits didn't bother after all.
The borrowing from Ed Wood I speak of is an intro - that really drags by the way to the tune of five minutes- and and outro given by a mortuary custodian who recites some stream of consciousness dialogue accompanied by him searching for his cat among the headstones - it reminded me of Criswell in Plan Nine From Outer Space. The custodian finds the cat near the headstone of Lewis Moffett, who died at age 22 according to the engraving. Then starts the flashback of what led to Lewis' demise.
Lewis was a medical student who showed no fear, even when fear would be a reasonable reaction. His fellow students take notice, and the medical student fraternity to which he is pledging (medical student fraternity???) comes up with a hazing device that is sure to reveal if Lewis is just faking it or really is fearless.
The medical students are not just old - but so mixed in age you'd think someone would notice. They seem to range from 20 to 40 years of age. Their girlfriends are always nagging them about their studies getting in the way of their fun, and there is a very long and lame section about a frat party, a beauty contest, the world's ugliest cupid (in diapers), and tons of footage of overweight students overeating. There is an autopsy, oddly performed at night, where apparently the morgue stripped the John Doe corpse naked but left his gold ring on his finger! I thought the black and white cinematography, score, and atmosphere were quite good and set the right mood for a horror film. What the filmed lacked was a decent script with good dialogue, pacing, and acting. The most natural performance was turned in by Puma, the mortuary director's cat. Watch out for that cat, by the way, he actually plays a relevant part in the plot.
The borrowing from Ed Wood I speak of is an intro - that really drags by the way to the tune of five minutes- and and outro given by a mortuary custodian who recites some stream of consciousness dialogue accompanied by him searching for his cat among the headstones - it reminded me of Criswell in Plan Nine From Outer Space. The custodian finds the cat near the headstone of Lewis Moffett, who died at age 22 according to the engraving. Then starts the flashback of what led to Lewis' demise.
Lewis was a medical student who showed no fear, even when fear would be a reasonable reaction. His fellow students take notice, and the medical student fraternity to which he is pledging (medical student fraternity???) comes up with a hazing device that is sure to reveal if Lewis is just faking it or really is fearless.
The medical students are not just old - but so mixed in age you'd think someone would notice. They seem to range from 20 to 40 years of age. Their girlfriends are always nagging them about their studies getting in the way of their fun, and there is a very long and lame section about a frat party, a beauty contest, the world's ugliest cupid (in diapers), and tons of footage of overweight students overeating. There is an autopsy, oddly performed at night, where apparently the morgue stripped the John Doe corpse naked but left his gold ring on his finger! I thought the black and white cinematography, score, and atmosphere were quite good and set the right mood for a horror film. What the filmed lacked was a decent script with good dialogue, pacing, and acting. The most natural performance was turned in by Puma, the mortuary director's cat. Watch out for that cat, by the way, he actually plays a relevant part in the plot.
In short, it's a disaster.
bensonmum23 July 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Lewis B. Moffitt is a medical student who seems to have it all. But what many don't know is that Lewis has an irrational but deep-seeded fear of the dark. He came by his fear quite honestly following his grandfather's wake which was held in his family's home. His mother (in a failed attempt to win "Mother of the Year") threatened Lewis that his dead grandfather would return from the dead to do him harm if he didn't go to bed! Well, as part of his fraternity initiation, Lewis has to sneak into a mausoleum to retrieve the ring from the cadaver the young med students had earlier seen autopsied. Of course Lewis has to do this at night in the dark of which he's deathly afraid. You get the idea.
Ring of Terror is the kind of movie that could have better been told as something like a Twilight Zone episode. There's nowhere near enough material to fill even the comparatively short 71 minute runtime. But the makers of the movie seem content to pad the film with something akin to one of those 1950s era educational films on dating with names like "Dating: Do's and Don'ts" or "Choosing Your Marriage Partner". Ring of Terror has that kind of "realism" and "excitement".
Getting past the padding to the rest of Ring of Terror: the acting is bad; the actors are far too old to be convincing in their roles; the movie relies on too many "fat" jokes; the ending is predictable after 5 minutes of the movie; and the opening and closing bits that sandwich the "action" are annoying. In short, it's a disaster.
But as bad a movie as Ring of Terror is, it makes for a very entertaining episode of MST3K. I found myself laughing out loud on more than one occasion. So while I may only rate the movie a 2/10, Ring of Terror gets a 4/5 on my MST3K rating scale.
Ring of Terror is the kind of movie that could have better been told as something like a Twilight Zone episode. There's nowhere near enough material to fill even the comparatively short 71 minute runtime. But the makers of the movie seem content to pad the film with something akin to one of those 1950s era educational films on dating with names like "Dating: Do's and Don'ts" or "Choosing Your Marriage Partner". Ring of Terror has that kind of "realism" and "excitement".
Getting past the padding to the rest of Ring of Terror: the acting is bad; the actors are far too old to be convincing in their roles; the movie relies on too many "fat" jokes; the ending is predictable after 5 minutes of the movie; and the opening and closing bits that sandwich the "action" are annoying. In short, it's a disaster.
But as bad a movie as Ring of Terror is, it makes for a very entertaining episode of MST3K. I found myself laughing out loud on more than one occasion. So while I may only rate the movie a 2/10, Ring of Terror gets a 4/5 on my MST3K rating scale.
5 Things I Like About "Ring of Terror"
billoneil222 May 2015
Although it is not a very good movie, there are a few things I actually like about this film.
First is the scene with the rattle snake. Believe it or not, this actually scared me the first time I saw it (I was about 40). I hate snakes anyway and a rattler finding its way into a parked car seemed very plausible and unnerving to me. Yikes.
Second is the music which immediately precedes the snake scene. As the Buick convertible pulls up to a Magnolia tree and parks, the students are playing the car radio. I don't know what the name of the song is or the artist, but I absolutely love it—late night mood music. The same recording turned up briefly in "Hideous Sun Demon."
Third is the music heard during the outdoor fraternity party the night the assignments are given out. Several tunes are heard, but this one is clearly the "B" side of the record used for the snake scene. It's by the same group and has the same sexy, late night jazziness about it. It's great.
Fourth is the ending with the ring. Perhaps, like the rest of the movie, it was crudely done. But nevertheless, when the student goes into the mortuary and is sweating it out removing the ring, I felt very tense, just waiting for something awful to happen. It worked for me.
Lastly is the fact that there are some fairly hot guys in the cast, which always brightens things up a bit. I won't name them, you can see for yourself.
Not a great film, but still a few things to like about it.
First is the scene with the rattle snake. Believe it or not, this actually scared me the first time I saw it (I was about 40). I hate snakes anyway and a rattler finding its way into a parked car seemed very plausible and unnerving to me. Yikes.
Second is the music which immediately precedes the snake scene. As the Buick convertible pulls up to a Magnolia tree and parks, the students are playing the car radio. I don't know what the name of the song is or the artist, but I absolutely love it—late night mood music. The same recording turned up briefly in "Hideous Sun Demon."
Third is the music heard during the outdoor fraternity party the night the assignments are given out. Several tunes are heard, but this one is clearly the "B" side of the record used for the snake scene. It's by the same group and has the same sexy, late night jazziness about it. It's great.
Fourth is the ending with the ring. Perhaps, like the rest of the movie, it was crudely done. But nevertheless, when the student goes into the mortuary and is sweating it out removing the ring, I felt very tense, just waiting for something awful to happen. It worked for me.
Lastly is the fact that there are some fairly hot guys in the cast, which always brightens things up a bit. I won't name them, you can see for yourself.
Not a great film, but still a few things to like about it.
Ring of Error
zmaturin15 December 2002
This murky film with terrible sound looks like it was filmed around 1939. It's about a bunch of geriatric medical students eagerly awaiting their first autopsy. One unshakable elderly boy's creeped-out girlfriend wishes he was studying anything but medicine. So why is she dating guys from med school? Is she going to medical school too? Or is this a college where you can major in being a doctor, with a minor in communications? It's hard to tell, and the women in in this movie don't seem to ever have to go to class.
Anyway, some middle-aged fraternity pranksters make the elderly boy steal a ring off a corpse, an urban legend that should take five minutes to tell and doesn't bode well stretched out to feature length. I'm not going to give away the ending, suffice to say the old man's weak ticker factors into the plot.
To pad out the running time, lots of time is spent dwelling on the two fat characters, exploring the theme that fat people love to eat and should be mocked for trying to do anything other than that. There's also a lengthy intro (and outro) by Bob Dobson, a creepy, cemetery-dwelling loser who stomps on his cat Puma's tale and mocks the dead. He must be the Crypt Keeper before the Crypt Keeper died and rotted and gained a penchant for bad puns.
Anyway, some middle-aged fraternity pranksters make the elderly boy steal a ring off a corpse, an urban legend that should take five minutes to tell and doesn't bode well stretched out to feature length. I'm not going to give away the ending, suffice to say the old man's weak ticker factors into the plot.
To pad out the running time, lots of time is spent dwelling on the two fat characters, exploring the theme that fat people love to eat and should be mocked for trying to do anything other than that. There's also a lengthy intro (and outro) by Bob Dobson, a creepy, cemetery-dwelling loser who stomps on his cat Puma's tale and mocks the dead. He must be the Crypt Keeper before the Crypt Keeper died and rotted and gained a penchant for bad puns.
Welcome to suckville.
coinman00714 July 2005
Warning: Spoilers
This movie doesn't fail to break any age-old Hollywood barriers, such as decent plot construction, acting ability, or creativity. For instance, the entire movie, all 66 minutes of it (which feels like at least several weeks), consists of nothing but a build up to a climax that fails to actually happen, and can be seen from a mile away. Plus, the DVD includes a 45- second preview that outlines THE WHOLE MOVIE. INCLUDING THE END.
But have no fear. You'll have buckets of fun watching magical disappearing gravestones (and other props), candles that light entire rooms with a power greater than the sun, and trees that grow nicely pre-cut roses on their branches.
Also of note, all the actors are at least 15 years too old to be in college. One guy in particular looks like he's literally 55 years old (watch out for him -- he's wearing a light-colored sport coat).
This movie also features the most sober bacchanalian festival ever. Like, there's no alcohol, just ambiguous soda. And fat characters that drink at least 10 glasses of it at the hoppin' "State University" cafeteria. These guys will eat anything the waitress brings them. For instance, at one point they order two raspberry sodas. Next scene, the waitress brings a bunch of a coffee and some cake. They eat it anyway. They also don't make out. Instead, they eat hot dogs at the same time.
Oh! And be sure not to miss the SWIMSUIT CONTEST, being judged by the school's professors. It's titillating. Seriously, you could poke an eye out.
In the end, watch this movie. With your friends. Not alone. Ever.
But have no fear. You'll have buckets of fun watching magical disappearing gravestones (and other props), candles that light entire rooms with a power greater than the sun, and trees that grow nicely pre-cut roses on their branches.
Also of note, all the actors are at least 15 years too old to be in college. One guy in particular looks like he's literally 55 years old (watch out for him -- he's wearing a light-colored sport coat).
This movie also features the most sober bacchanalian festival ever. Like, there's no alcohol, just ambiguous soda. And fat characters that drink at least 10 glasses of it at the hoppin' "State University" cafeteria. These guys will eat anything the waitress brings them. For instance, at one point they order two raspberry sodas. Next scene, the waitress brings a bunch of a coffee and some cake. They eat it anyway. They also don't make out. Instead, they eat hot dogs at the same time.
Oh! And be sure not to miss the SWIMSUIT CONTEST, being judged by the school's professors. It's titillating. Seriously, you could poke an eye out.
In the end, watch this movie. With your friends. Not alone. Ever.
Fun!
le_chiffre-110 May 2010
While I wouldn't call this the greatest movie ever made, it's not anywhere near as bad as other reviewers have made it out to be. An average rating of 5 or 6 stars would be fair, but 1.5 is harsh and totally undeserved.
Ring of Terror feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone stretched to an hour. In fact, it's so much like a TV show that one wonders if it might not have been originally created as a pilot.
If you're a fan of 1950s horror/suspense series like Thriller, The Veil, One Step Beyond, Tales of Tomorrow, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, you'll likely find this a pleasant way to spend an hour, as I did.
Normally I would only give this film 6 out of 10 stars, but because others have been panning it so unmercifully, I'm giving it a 9.
Ring of Terror feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone stretched to an hour. In fact, it's so much like a TV show that one wonders if it might not have been originally created as a pilot.
If you're a fan of 1950s horror/suspense series like Thriller, The Veil, One Step Beyond, Tales of Tomorrow, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, you'll likely find this a pleasant way to spend an hour, as I did.
Normally I would only give this film 6 out of 10 stars, but because others have been panning it so unmercifully, I'm giving it a 9.
Not that bad -- a nice short ghost story.
hitfan28 July 2008
I watched this movie at 2:00 AM on DVD. It's one of those public domain cheapies that you can buy in the bargain bins. I got mine as part of the 50 movie megapack "Nightmare Worlds" for which I paid $20 for. So this movie basically only cost me 40 cents.
The best part of the movie is the graveyard caretaker who opens and closes the movie. The setting up of this character really does provide the mood and atmosphere. While not the greatest movie, I found it entertaining nonetheless and I was wondering how the protagonist was going to have his demise.
For fans of 'retro horror' this might be worth a look.
The best part of the movie is the graveyard caretaker who opens and closes the movie. The setting up of this character really does provide the mood and atmosphere. While not the greatest movie, I found it entertaining nonetheless and I was wondering how the protagonist was going to have his demise.
For fans of 'retro horror' this might be worth a look.
Graveyard Tales
sol121810 March 2004
*****SPOILERS***** Let me invite you for a stroll down "Graveyard Lane" so starts the movie as were introduced to R.J. Dobson the custodian of the Raven Hill Cemetery.
Dobson tells the audience about the secrets of the cemetery by saying: Each marker, tombstone, withholds many stories some filled with happiness some filled with sorrow. I wonder what they would do if they had the chance to re-live their lives again! What would you do? All of a sudden Dobson stops his monologue and starts calling for his cat Pumha. Walking through the graveyard after accidentally stepping on the cats tail he finds the kitty at the headstone of Lewis B. Moffitt a medical student who died at the age of 22 in 1955, and so the story begins.
Lewis B. Moffitt wanted to become a doctor for all the wrong reasons. As a young boy he developed a fear of the dark when his grandpa died and was left to lay in state in his parents living-room.
Terrified of the dark his mother told him that if he turned on the lights his grandpa would get out of his coffin and whack him. As Lewis grew up he wanted to become a doctor to overcome his fear of dead bodies like the fear he had of his grandpa when he was laying in state. What he liked to do most at the medical collage was to participate in dissecting of human bodies.
Most of the students who were in the gallery watching these dissecting would get sick and leave the room but not Lewis he was fearless. A body that was dissected just before there was to be an initiation into the collage fraternity had a gold ring on it.
At the initiation the next night Lewis was told that he had to go into the Raven Hill Cemetery Mausoleum where they keep the recently interred and bring the gold ring back to be accepted into the fraternity. Going into the cemetery that night Lewis finally makes it into the mausoleum and finds the body with the gold ring that he was looking for.
As Lewis was about to get the gold ring off the finger of the body he hears a shriek of what turned out to be the custodians cat Pumha and as he turned in surprise the dead mans hand fell and grabbed Lewis. All of a sudden the fear that Lewis suppressed all these years since he was a little boy of the dark and dead bodies came back to him like a bolt of lighting and he fell to the ground dead, dead of fright.
So ended the story of Lewis B. Moffitt the young man who tried to show that he can take the fear of being around dead bodies by ending up dead because of one. By the way on Moffitt's headstone was carved out the epithet "I FEARED NOT".
Far better then you would expect from the down right awful rating the movie has from the IMDb voters. "Ring of Terror" plays like one of those 1950's mystery/suspense shows like "Inner-sanctum" and " Strange stories" and is much better then most "Twilight Zone" episodes that I've seen.
"Ring of Terror" did have an interesting story that didn't need any special effects and the acting was surprisingly good especially George Mather who played Lewis B. Moffitt. Watching the movie and knowing how bad the reviews about it were I expected to see a first-class bomb with the only redeeming value in it being some unintentional laughs but instead I was pleasantly surprised.
Dobson tells the audience about the secrets of the cemetery by saying: Each marker, tombstone, withholds many stories some filled with happiness some filled with sorrow. I wonder what they would do if they had the chance to re-live their lives again! What would you do? All of a sudden Dobson stops his monologue and starts calling for his cat Pumha. Walking through the graveyard after accidentally stepping on the cats tail he finds the kitty at the headstone of Lewis B. Moffitt a medical student who died at the age of 22 in 1955, and so the story begins.
Lewis B. Moffitt wanted to become a doctor for all the wrong reasons. As a young boy he developed a fear of the dark when his grandpa died and was left to lay in state in his parents living-room.
Terrified of the dark his mother told him that if he turned on the lights his grandpa would get out of his coffin and whack him. As Lewis grew up he wanted to become a doctor to overcome his fear of dead bodies like the fear he had of his grandpa when he was laying in state. What he liked to do most at the medical collage was to participate in dissecting of human bodies.
Most of the students who were in the gallery watching these dissecting would get sick and leave the room but not Lewis he was fearless. A body that was dissected just before there was to be an initiation into the collage fraternity had a gold ring on it.
At the initiation the next night Lewis was told that he had to go into the Raven Hill Cemetery Mausoleum where they keep the recently interred and bring the gold ring back to be accepted into the fraternity. Going into the cemetery that night Lewis finally makes it into the mausoleum and finds the body with the gold ring that he was looking for.
As Lewis was about to get the gold ring off the finger of the body he hears a shriek of what turned out to be the custodians cat Pumha and as he turned in surprise the dead mans hand fell and grabbed Lewis. All of a sudden the fear that Lewis suppressed all these years since he was a little boy of the dark and dead bodies came back to him like a bolt of lighting and he fell to the ground dead, dead of fright.
So ended the story of Lewis B. Moffitt the young man who tried to show that he can take the fear of being around dead bodies by ending up dead because of one. By the way on Moffitt's headstone was carved out the epithet "I FEARED NOT".
Far better then you would expect from the down right awful rating the movie has from the IMDb voters. "Ring of Terror" plays like one of those 1950's mystery/suspense shows like "Inner-sanctum" and " Strange stories" and is much better then most "Twilight Zone" episodes that I've seen.
"Ring of Terror" did have an interesting story that didn't need any special effects and the acting was surprisingly good especially George Mather who played Lewis B. Moffitt. Watching the movie and knowing how bad the reviews about it were I expected to see a first-class bomb with the only redeeming value in it being some unintentional laughs but instead I was pleasantly surprised.
The terrors of a medical student
kikaidar1 June 2000
Warning: Spoilers
Grave robbery! What a hoot! If ever a raunchy movie fully deserved the full Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment, this dismal cheap horror film does. And it got it. RING was one of the films the award winning TV series selected for personal attention during its long television run.
The aim of the producers was obvious. Studios like American-International were tapping into the "youth" market that crowded the nation's drive-ins on weekends. In the years after the conclusion of WWII, the ages of the lead characters of films had dropped markedly, in a concession to this new cash cow, teens began carrying the action in films such as REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and...well...RING OF TERROR.
Let me qualify that. These are supposed to be college aged kids, though if you look closely, you might want to card them. To all indications, these zany collegiates are mostly in their 40s. Their...upper 40s.
The plot is unambitious. Everyone at college is having a ball. Forget the future! Parties, slandering the overweight...nothing's out of bounds for these hep puppies.
The sole exception is one student who takes things completely seriously. No operation is too gross for him (conversely, everybody else whoops their cookies at the slightest flash of dead skin). He alternately impresses and scares his girlfriend by this Vulcanish display.
Naturally, the other funsters decide to see just how fearless he really is. They set him up with a somewhat unique fraternity initiation stunt: he has to remove a ring from the finger of a corpse he's just helped autopsy. Said corpse is now waiting in a nearby crypt.
In the meantime, we learn that the would-be medico has one weakness. Darkness and a fear of death are sort of mixed together in the hazy refuges of his aged "teenage" mind. Throw in a cat in the mausoleum, his losing his flashlight, and the still, cold arm of the corpse snagging his jacket, and he's ripe for a heart attack.
Needless to say, he fails to make the frat.
Dismal. Bad. Painful. Scar inflicting. All these words ring grimly, terribly true. The film itself is framed by footage of a chatty mortician who rather deliberately rocks over his cat's tail in order to get us out and to the dead man's tombstone, so he can spin this yarn. He wanders out into the poorly done day-for-night shot grounds and follows the spooked kitty (who's even more upset at this lumbering goober galumping after it as it flees) to the boy's graveside.
So true to life. I frequently begin stories for family and friends by dashing out to the boneyard and recalling something dull and pointless that happened sometime in the dim, "who care" past.
Let's just say the following 80 minutes maintain the low standards established by this opening sequence.
Not suggested unless you're desperate to avoid a summer night of reruns.
Not for human consumption.
The aim of the producers was obvious. Studios like American-International were tapping into the "youth" market that crowded the nation's drive-ins on weekends. In the years after the conclusion of WWII, the ages of the lead characters of films had dropped markedly, in a concession to this new cash cow, teens began carrying the action in films such as REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and...well...RING OF TERROR.
Let me qualify that. These are supposed to be college aged kids, though if you look closely, you might want to card them. To all indications, these zany collegiates are mostly in their 40s. Their...upper 40s.
The plot is unambitious. Everyone at college is having a ball. Forget the future! Parties, slandering the overweight...nothing's out of bounds for these hep puppies.
The sole exception is one student who takes things completely seriously. No operation is too gross for him (conversely, everybody else whoops their cookies at the slightest flash of dead skin). He alternately impresses and scares his girlfriend by this Vulcanish display.
Naturally, the other funsters decide to see just how fearless he really is. They set him up with a somewhat unique fraternity initiation stunt: he has to remove a ring from the finger of a corpse he's just helped autopsy. Said corpse is now waiting in a nearby crypt.
In the meantime, we learn that the would-be medico has one weakness. Darkness and a fear of death are sort of mixed together in the hazy refuges of his aged "teenage" mind. Throw in a cat in the mausoleum, his losing his flashlight, and the still, cold arm of the corpse snagging his jacket, and he's ripe for a heart attack.
Needless to say, he fails to make the frat.
Dismal. Bad. Painful. Scar inflicting. All these words ring grimly, terribly true. The film itself is framed by footage of a chatty mortician who rather deliberately rocks over his cat's tail in order to get us out and to the dead man's tombstone, so he can spin this yarn. He wanders out into the poorly done day-for-night shot grounds and follows the spooked kitty (who's even more upset at this lumbering goober galumping after it as it flees) to the boy's graveside.
So true to life. I frequently begin stories for family and friends by dashing out to the boneyard and recalling something dull and pointless that happened sometime in the dim, "who care" past.
Let's just say the following 80 minutes maintain the low standards established by this opening sequence.
Not suggested unless you're desperate to avoid a summer night of reruns.
Not for human consumption.
A really dull dud...on a campus with mostly middle-aged students.
planktonrules3 April 2010
Life must have been very, very tough in the early 1960s, as the college students in this film look older than me in many cases--and I'm 45! In addition, the 'students' talk very much like a square adult's idea of what 'those crazy kids' should sound like! Frankly, it was a bit embarrassing seeing these middle-aged folks cavorting about and acting like Archie, Jughead and the gang! The focus for this film is on the medical students (most of which look like they will be collecting social security benefits very, very soon). The class is beginning their work on cadavers and they are naturally far from excited about this--except for Moffitt who seems to enjoy the whole thing.
As far as the plot goes, I think my daughter summed it up best near the end of the film when she yelled out "can SOMETHING interesting happen soon?!". The answer, sadly, was NO--at least not until 53 minutes into the film! The film just meanders and is boring beyond belief....and occasionally offensive (such as during the beauty(??) pageant). At the 53 minute mark, there is very bad recreation of an old urban legend about the cemetery and the grave site---but, frankly, at this point in the film, who cares?! Overall, a really dull dud...and nothing happens to justify watching any of this schlocky film.
As far as the plot goes, I think my daughter summed it up best near the end of the film when she yelled out "can SOMETHING interesting happen soon?!". The answer, sadly, was NO--at least not until 53 minutes into the film! The film just meanders and is boring beyond belief....and occasionally offensive (such as during the beauty(??) pageant). At the 53 minute mark, there is very bad recreation of an old urban legend about the cemetery and the grave site---but, frankly, at this point in the film, who cares?! Overall, a really dull dud...and nothing happens to justify watching any of this schlocky film.
Ring of Tepid
Oosterhartbabe12 November 2005
This is one of those rare horror movies..the ones that try to bore you to death. This movie is one long snooze-fest, as it follows the adventures of an over forty, robotic med student, his ditzy girlfriend, and his 'frat buddies', all also over forty but amazingly childish. Looks like they all got stuck at about the age of eight emotionally.
The film starts out on a graveyard(great place for it), with a skinny caretaker deliberately stepping on his poor cat's tail, this after he'd spent ten minutes calling the thing "Pe-yuma!" he caroled over and over, until the viewer has the urge to reach into the screen and slap him hard. And then he trods on the cat's tail, after he went to all that trouble to find it! All to set up a really stupid scene where he talks about the life of the guy who's tombstone he ends up leaning on after he chased the (rightly) outraged cat through the cheap cardboard tombstones.
The med student who's life and death he details might already have been dead, so wooden and dull is he. Even when he's fishing a six foot rattlesnake out of the back of his car(well, at least it interrupted the incipient make out scene), he never bats an eye or emotes at all. How much Robitussen did this guy drink before he went on set?
This mook wants to join a fraternity at his college(a fraternity for guys over the age of forty but still in school, apparently). As part of his initiation, he has to endure whatever hazing his not very imaginative colleagues come up with. They tell him he has to retrieve a ring off the finger of a corpse, the dead guy being the body they'd seen dissected a few days ago as part of their classes. He goes and does it, but apparently Mr.Nerves of Steel is afraid of enclosed spaces and the dark, and so is scared to death when the corpse's arm brushes his. Lame. We spend sixty minutes wading through the plodding set up for this? This trite, heavy handed 'ironic' ending? Where's John Belushi when you need him?
The film starts out on a graveyard(great place for it), with a skinny caretaker deliberately stepping on his poor cat's tail, this after he'd spent ten minutes calling the thing "Pe-yuma!" he caroled over and over, until the viewer has the urge to reach into the screen and slap him hard. And then he trods on the cat's tail, after he went to all that trouble to find it! All to set up a really stupid scene where he talks about the life of the guy who's tombstone he ends up leaning on after he chased the (rightly) outraged cat through the cheap cardboard tombstones.
The med student who's life and death he details might already have been dead, so wooden and dull is he. Even when he's fishing a six foot rattlesnake out of the back of his car(well, at least it interrupted the incipient make out scene), he never bats an eye or emotes at all. How much Robitussen did this guy drink before he went on set?
This mook wants to join a fraternity at his college(a fraternity for guys over the age of forty but still in school, apparently). As part of his initiation, he has to endure whatever hazing his not very imaginative colleagues come up with. They tell him he has to retrieve a ring off the finger of a corpse, the dead guy being the body they'd seen dissected a few days ago as part of their classes. He goes and does it, but apparently Mr.Nerves of Steel is afraid of enclosed spaces and the dark, and so is scared to death when the corpse's arm brushes his. Lame. We spend sixty minutes wading through the plodding set up for this? This trite, heavy handed 'ironic' ending? Where's John Belushi when you need him?
Puma?
Jared G.8 September 1999
The actual "plot" of the movie is completely unoriginal so I won't talk about that.
What I get such a kick out of, is the caretaker guy at the very beginning and ending of the film! Mr. Dobson, I think his name was. Someone decided that this guy wandering aimlessly in a cemetery looking for a cat named Puma (i least that's what I think he was saying) would make for a great opening to the film. He finds the cat, steps on it, it runs away, and he begins all over again! It represents the pure incompetence that runs through this film.
Also be sure to look out for the fat couple and a really "funny" frat guy you'll want to kill after watching him for about 10 sec.
What I get such a kick out of, is the caretaker guy at the very beginning and ending of the film! Mr. Dobson, I think his name was. Someone decided that this guy wandering aimlessly in a cemetery looking for a cat named Puma (i least that's what I think he was saying) would make for a great opening to the film. He finds the cat, steps on it, it runs away, and he begins all over again! It represents the pure incompetence that runs through this film.
Also be sure to look out for the fat couple and a really "funny" frat guy you'll want to kill after watching him for about 10 sec.
Epitome of a Bad Movie
sculptagain-122 March 2012
I can't think of ever seeing a worse movie than this. I tried to find some redeeming parts and came across only one: During the beauty contest the boy that likes heavy women had some honest and truthful things to say about the heavy-set girl. Those words seemed to have come from his heart. Other than that moment, the rest of the movie was an embarrassment to American film making. The acting, per se, was not that bad - but the parts and the scripts were terrible. Someone actually thought (at the time) that college kids acted like this. Which makes me wonder about their mental state. It was as if Mormons or some Southern Baptist Women's association wrote this movie. They were such Prudes and self-centered about 20-something kids that they failed to see the truth. This movie was made in 1962 - just a Very few years prior to our Viet Nam War days. I'm sure many of these kid-actors were actually drafted and probably died in Viet Nam. Yet the writers made them out to be Sterilized SouthPark children. I gave this a 1 out of 10 on IMDb's scoring. Too bad there wasn't a lower score.
Sort of the "molecular opposite" of an actual horror film
lemon_magic21 July 2007
Warning: Spoilers
If you took a print of "Ring Of Terror" and put it next to a print of an actual horror film (say, the American remake of "The Ring"), I believe that the two film prints would annihilate other as if they were "matter" and "anti-matter", and the resulting flash of energy would create a crater a football field wide and 100 feet deep. And everyone within a mile of the blast would be deaf and blinded for a month. Oh, and also retarded.
OK,I exaggerate. But only a little.
The movie barely has enough plot for a 22 minute segment of a television horror/suspense anthology, but the director and screenwriter pad it out to just over an hour by adding a pointless, badly done framing sequence that obviously is meant to evoke "Tales From The Crypt". They also add an extremely irritating, contrived and unconvincing back story/sub plot involving the least believable "college students" in the history of cinema,who have to say and do things no human being has ever done in recorded history. I've seen this a couple of times (don't ask) and the second time around, all I could think was that either the "actors" called upon to work this screenplay either had no idea what they were doing and how bad it was (highly possible) or they DID suspect it, but soldiered on as best they could for the paycheck.
In spite of the fact that the film features a cat, this film is a dog in every derogatory sense of the word. All that saves this from a one star rating is some moody B&W photography in the final "crypt" sequence, and the fact that I seem to feel sorry for the poor actor who played "Lewis Moffett" and struggled gamely with his thankless part. Poor guy.
OK,I exaggerate. But only a little.
The movie barely has enough plot for a 22 minute segment of a television horror/suspense anthology, but the director and screenwriter pad it out to just over an hour by adding a pointless, badly done framing sequence that obviously is meant to evoke "Tales From The Crypt". They also add an extremely irritating, contrived and unconvincing back story/sub plot involving the least believable "college students" in the history of cinema,who have to say and do things no human being has ever done in recorded history. I've seen this a couple of times (don't ask) and the second time around, all I could think was that either the "actors" called upon to work this screenplay either had no idea what they were doing and how bad it was (highly possible) or they DID suspect it, but soldiered on as best they could for the paycheck.
In spite of the fact that the film features a cat, this film is a dog in every derogatory sense of the word. All that saves this from a one star rating is some moody B&W photography in the final "crypt" sequence, and the fact that I seem to feel sorry for the poor actor who played "Lewis Moffett" and struggled gamely with his thankless part. Poor guy.
You've already heard of the Ring of Fire...
mark.waltz15 September 2015
Warning: Spoilers
"Welcome to a trip down graveyard lane!" So asks the Criswell like host who pops up behind a desk rather than a coffin to make this statement. Then, a clumsy man who steps on his kitty's tale and follows the scared putty tat into a cemetery. Bored college kids plan for another dull evening as swinging music plays in the background. Somebody's life is about to change as the two seemingly unrelated events intertwine.
A medical student (Joseph Conway) is parking near the cemetery with his girlfriend (Ester Furst) when out of nowhere a rattlesnake appears and he kills it. This is just another seemingly unrelated incident, but as word gets around, it puts ideas into the minds if other students to test the smart Conway. Things get out of hands of course, leading to a prank that gets out of control and results in pure terror for someone. The ring seen on the finger of a corpse plays an important part in the gag and leads to the hero thinking that he is going mad.
This is a drive-in style movie that seems to have been made on a fine, this is pretty entertaining for the type of film it is. But it's a jip-off plot-wise, reminding me of those intelligently written film noir where it all turns out to be a dream and leads the leading hero into making a sensible choice. That's not really what happens here, but it gives you a key to just how this tripe is dealt with. Not badly acted but not extremely well written or plotted either. It just takes a while to really develop into anything resembling a plot line and the inclusion of so many unnecessary devices just distracts. A scene with a doctor performing an autopsy, however, is quite funny, reminding me of the opening of the T.V. series "Quincy".
A medical student (Joseph Conway) is parking near the cemetery with his girlfriend (Ester Furst) when out of nowhere a rattlesnake appears and he kills it. This is just another seemingly unrelated incident, but as word gets around, it puts ideas into the minds if other students to test the smart Conway. Things get out of hands of course, leading to a prank that gets out of control and results in pure terror for someone. The ring seen on the finger of a corpse plays an important part in the gag and leads to the hero thinking that he is going mad.
This is a drive-in style movie that seems to have been made on a fine, this is pretty entertaining for the type of film it is. But it's a jip-off plot-wise, reminding me of those intelligently written film noir where it all turns out to be a dream and leads the leading hero into making a sensible choice. That's not really what happens here, but it gives you a key to just how this tripe is dealt with. Not badly acted but not extremely well written or plotted either. It just takes a while to really develop into anything resembling a plot line and the inclusion of so many unnecessary devices just distracts. A scene with a doctor performing an autopsy, however, is quite funny, reminding me of the opening of the T.V. series "Quincy".
Bad even for an MST 3K episode - a comedy/horror that is neither
robertmurray-7063720 October 2019
Films like this were made in the 1950s and the 1960s for drive-in movie theaters. The (mostly) rural audiences were not very sophisticated or discriminating and would pay to see bad movies like this, just for an excuse to "get off the farm" for a few hours. There was nothing else to do in their small towns. That explains why this film was made. It was cheap to make and it probably earned a profit for the producer and the theater owner.
While not as bad as "The Beast of Yucca Flats," my personal choice for "the worst film ever made," the MST 3K version is painful to watch. Thus, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to ever watch this film, in any version.
While not as bad as "The Beast of Yucca Flats," my personal choice for "the worst film ever made," the MST 3K version is painful to watch. Thus, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to ever watch this film, in any version.
I liked it more than most of the other reviewers here
ANDREWEHUNT2 March 2006
I just finished watching this movie on the Silver Screen channel here in Canada, and it's pretty good! The acting is actually believable. True, the low budget clearly shows. The dialog is goofy at times. But it keeps you watching. The cast of unknowns (for most of the people in this film, this was their only outing in a movie) does the best they can, considering what they have to work with (a shoe-string budget, schlocky music, an uneven script). But the movie has its moments: a creepy rattlesnake-in-a-car scene, a cool autopsy, an rotund couple dancing to a silly musical number, and plenty of authentic hipster lines. It's very campy, but it's undeniably fun, sort of like The Hypnotic Eye.
I Feared Not
wes-connors28 June 2008
"A medical school student is pledging a fraternity but he harbors a dark secret from his past. A traumatic experience from his childhood comes back to haunt him, when his fraternity hazing brings back his memories. The simple fraternity prank ends up going horribly wrong for our pledge and his would-be fraternity brothers," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.
Medical school student George Mather (as Lewis B. Moffitt)'s mission is to retrieve a gold ring from the finger of corpse "John Doe", who resides at a local mausoleum. You've got to wonder how "Mr. Doe" managed to keep his gold ring through an autopsy and burial. Probably, it wasn't real gold. Anyway, the film's flashback/framing indicates this all happened in 1955. Probably, "Ring of Terror" rested on the shelf for seven years; and was brought out of cold storage to frighten unsuspecting 1962 viewers.
Don't you be fooled.
Medical school student George Mather (as Lewis B. Moffitt)'s mission is to retrieve a gold ring from the finger of corpse "John Doe", who resides at a local mausoleum. You've got to wonder how "Mr. Doe" managed to keep his gold ring through an autopsy and burial. Probably, it wasn't real gold. Anyway, the film's flashback/framing indicates this all happened in 1955. Probably, "Ring of Terror" rested on the shelf for seven years; and was brought out of cold storage to frighten unsuspecting 1962 viewers.
Don't you be fooled.
Cinematic Misery...
azathothpwiggins12 October 2020
In RING OF TERROR, a group of med students, who look more like aging business associates, are up to their college hijinks. One 30+ yo student, named Lewis (George Mather) is apparently incapable of being frightened by anything. His fearless nature so perturbs his cohorts that they set him up for a big scare, resulting in untold tragedy.
That's pretty much it. This basic story is presented in such a boring, lifeless way as to induce a deathlike state in the viewer. No kidding, this is bad, folks! It's not really a horror movie, but more like some sort of agonizing, high school educational movie / cautionary tale.
Running naked into a mountain of flypaper would be preferable to enduring this...
That's pretty much it. This basic story is presented in such a boring, lifeless way as to induce a deathlike state in the viewer. No kidding, this is bad, folks! It's not really a horror movie, but more like some sort of agonizing, high school educational movie / cautionary tale.
Running naked into a mountain of flypaper would be preferable to enduring this...
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