 206 - RING OF TERROR
followed by short: THE PHANTOM CREEPS PT 3
Genre: Low Budget Horror (1962, B&W)
Synopsis: This movie seems like it was trying to be like the
Twilight Zone, except that is good and this is extremely
lame. It opens with a funeral procession into a cemetery that has nothing to do with the rest of the film.
Next, the movie introduces the spooky (not really) host, who says some vague nonsense and then apparent forgets he is in a movie as he goes looking for his cat, Puma.
The host finds Puma, but immediately steps on the cat’s tail and has to chase after it again.
When he tracks down Puma-the-cat again, it’s at the tombstone of some guy named
Lewis and – unfortunately
– the rest of the movie will now be about him. Lewis was a really, really, horribly old
college student at the State University Medical School. He tells his girlfriend Betty that
he’s not afraid of anything, and proves it by stomping
on a snake. Lewis and Betty then meet up with the old gang (and I mean
old!) at the cafeteria dance. Then all of the old medical student guys rush to the morgue to see an autopsy.
Old Man Lewis reveals to a friend that he is afraid of his dead grandpa.
Of course, this info is used against the old codger in his fraternity
hazing. As his initiation prank, Lewis has to sneak into the cemetery and steal a ring off the hand of the autopsy corpse in order to be admitted to the senior citizen fraternity.
But “fearless” Lewis is scared first by Puma-the-cat and then by a dead hand with a ring
on it, and so he dies of fright (well, he didn’t get into the
fraternity but at least he lead a very long life).
Short: Part three of The Phantom Creeps serial is actually shown after the movie and it, although the last segment seen on the show, ends on a cliffhanger so we never find out how the whole thing turns out (not that anyone really cares).
Don’s Review: The riffing in this episode is pretty good
with a lot of funny “old people” riffs aimed at the advanced-age college students in this
awful movie. And the host segments are also all pretty good, especially a hilarious one about
“The Old School.” Finally, the closing short has some
good riffing too. So this is a good episode, overall,
with enough laughs to go around.
Don’s Rating: 
[ F:
S:
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Related Link:
(1) Mighty Jack’s MST3K Review (Episode Review)
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