Ring of Terror (1962)

Directed by

Clark L. Paylow

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Rated

16

Rating

1.9 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A medical student must steal a ring from a dead man's crypt to join a fraternity. The film follows his attempts to complete this morbid initiation.

datedslowcreepyamateurishmacabredrearydarkly silly

What happens

Ring of Terror is a black-and-white 1962 horror film, which centers around a young medical student named Lewis Moffitt who must open a crypt and steal the ring of a deceased man in order to join a fraternity. Directed by Clark L. Paylow from a screenplay by Lewis Simeon and Jerrold I. Zinnamon, the film stars George Mather as Lewis, with Austin Green and Esther Furst in supporting roles. Ring of Terror was poorly received by nearly every critic who reviewed it. Criticisms were directed at the pacing of the story and the age of the actors, with many critics feeling it was unsuitable for them to play college students due to their age. The film was featured in the sixth episode of the second season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, along with the third chapter of the 1939 serial The Phantom Creeps. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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