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{{quote|''I Feared Not''
|Epitaph of Lewis Moffett}}
A 1962 "Horror"/"Suspense" movie, about the [[Scare'Em Straight|dangers of college fraternity hazing rituals]], which is pretty much notable only for its appearance on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' (along with an episode of the [[Film Serial]] ''[[The Phantom Creeps]]'').
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Lewis Moffett is a 42-year-old -- er, fresh-faced young medical student who wows his <s>fellow nursing home residents</s> college classmates with his [[Fearless Fool|amazing fearlessness]]. He watches an autopsy unflinchingly even as the others are fainting and getting sick, and he effortlessly kills a garter snake which threatens his [[Auto Erotica|nookie time]] with the girlfriend. But Lewis is harboring a Dark Secret: his bravery is [[Miles Gloriosus|a complete fraud]]. See, when Lewis was a little boy, he was forced to sleep in the same house with his just-deceased grandfather's casket, and as a result developed a secret fear of the dark and/or dead bodies.
[[Contrived Coincidence|Coincidentally enough]], the leaders of the fraternity Lewis wants to join have decided to base Lewis' [[Initiation Ceremony]] around his supposed bravado: Late at night, Lewis must sneak into the
There's also some sort of subplot about a couple of overweight college lovers; this quickly devolves into an [[Overly Long Gag]] and eventually degenerates into [[Dude, Not Funny]], and really isn't worth going into here.
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For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode see ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S02/E06 Ring of Terror|here]]''.
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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Fat people. [[In-Universe]], and presumably out as well.
* [[Cat Scare]]: Subverted, in that it's the cat scare that actually does Lewis in.
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[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Mystery Science Index 3000]]
[[Category:Films of the 1960s]]
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