Mark Honhorst The plot for this movie can be described in one very short sentence.(SPOILERS AHEAD,IF ANYONE CARES!!!) A medical student attempts to steal the ring of some dead guy's finger as a practical joke (or something, I don't really remember), gets scared,and dies. The End. I just revealed the entire movie to you, but at least I mentioned that there would be spoilers... I really don't know why anyone would have sat through this movie without MST3K. Or how, for that matter. It's just bad. Really bad. The quality of the Mill Creek 50 pack version is even worse than the quality of the MST3K version. Please, heed my warning. Avoid Ring of Terror at all costs!

Cristi_Ciopron In the context of the '50s there still was a conflict between the already prevailing collectivism and some vestiges of individualism, as discernible in RING OF TERROR under the form of the conflict between the novice _dissectionist and 'them', those who segregate him. In RING OF TERROR, the geek still represents an affirmative element, an element of positivity.Another merit of the script is that it makes the fraternity initiations looks as idiot as they are.The beauty contest scene is nice, when the fatty is forbidden by his colleagues in the jury to designate the 'superficial qualities' of his plump sweetheart.Otherwise, the movie is very bad, with ugly actors and stupid lines.

hitfan 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.

lemon_magic 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.