Ring of Terror (1962)

A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity.

Director:

Clark L. Paylow

Writers:

Lewis Simeon (original story), Lewis Simeon (screenplay),

Stars:

George E. Mather, Austin Green, Esther Furst

Cast

Cast overview:
George E. Mather	...	Lewis B. Moffitt
Austin Green
Esther Furst	...	Betty Crawford
Norman Ollestad	...	Lew's Roommate (as Norman Ollstead)
Lomax Study	...	Professor Rayburn
Pamela Raymond	...	Alice Lund
Jerry Zinneman	...	(as Jerry Zin)
Joseph Conway	...	R.J. Dobson
June Smaney	...	Rag Doll Milford
Ed Erwin	...	(as Eddie Erwin)
Ann Morgan	...	Coed Waitress
Tom Brandt
Hal Hoover
Charles Martin
Ollie O'Toole	...	Dr. Walsh

Storyline

Med student Lewis Moffitt harbours a secret fear of the dark stemming from a traumatic childhood incident involving a corpse. Nonetheless, he pretends to be unaffected during the first autopsy witnessed by his class, and generally affects an attitude of fearlessness. This, however, inspires his would-be frat brothers to conceive a particularly morbid initiation ritual -- one which will, inevitably, go horribly awry.

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Plot Keywords:

autopsy | fear of the dark | fraternity | initiation | medical student | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

February 1962 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Playstar

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the dance scene, the band members' movements have nothing to do with the music played. While saxophones can be heard, the sax players are shown with their instruments on their knees. Later, there is a tune featuring a trumpet, but there isn't even a trumpet in the band.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cave Dwellers (1991)

User Reviews

I Feared Not

"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.