Monster on the Campus

1958

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 27% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 27% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 2323 2.3K

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Plot summary

A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelacanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.

Director

Jack Arnold Photo
Jack Arnold

Top cast

Richard H. Cutting Photo
Richard H. Cutting as Tom Edwards - Forest Ranger
Judson Pratt Photo
Judson Pratt as Lt. Mike Stevens
Joanna Moore Photo
Joanna Moore as Madeline Howard
Hank Patterson Photo
Hank Patterson as Townsend - Night Watchman
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1 hr 17 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by hung_fao_tweeze 7 / 10

All things considered, it has a certain respectability

Made in 1958, here is a general reworking of all the came before. It's Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde married to any werewolf movie. Yet, it never entirely verges into camp or silliness. The performances are strong, even from the dog. The music, though borrowed from other movies like 'The Incredible Shrinking Man' and 'Tarantula', is used effectively giving the action a boost where needed.The special effects were nothing special. The transformation from man to beast and back again were smoother than 'The Wolfman', but the resulting creature was almost too obviously a rubber mask. Closeups do kill the effect somewhat so they filmed him at a distance which pulled the visuals back into plausibility. Much of it works well.But why was this made? As noted, there's nothing new. It is played as a very straight forward no nonsense monster movie. It has its moments of real horror but it also doesn't even try push boundaries. If you had to judge it against all other of this genre, it's a C+.A good solid movie for a rainy day and popcorn.
Reviewed by funkyfry 6 / 10

Fun B Horror, but not Arnold's best

Jack Arnold's last sci-fi horror for Universal isn't as good or as much fun as most of his previous efforts (including the oft-overlooked "Tarantula") but it has its own virtues to recommend it. The story is a clone of "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" -- except that in this case, we have a college professor who keeps accidentally coming into contact with chemical agents which transform him into an aboriginal "throwback." Not much killing, or action at all for that matter, and in retrospect the film's manner in general is too straight and serious for its flimsy materials. Not much sympathy or interest is generated before the film runs its course, but an audience may get a few laughs from some of the stilted dialogue and from the oversized "throwback" creatures that appear from time to time to terrorize unsuspecting coeds and jocks. The female lead was written to have a very unappealing personality -- for one thing, when the scientist she supposedly loves is getting really interested in his work, she goes over his head to his boss (who "happens" to be her father) to have him investigated for insanity! Maybe he just wasn't paying enough attention to her.... anyway, I don't think many in the audience would have minded if she HAD gotten hers from the monster in the end....
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