Monster on the Campus (1958)

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Release Date: Dec 17, 1958 Wide

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In this sci-fi film, a college professor must deal with the cataclysmic consequences that ensue when a transmogrifying dragonfly bites a prehistoric fish from Madagascar. Soon after the bite, the strange fish becomes gigantic and begins passing on its new ability to morph all it comes in contact with back into their primal forms. When it bites a dog, the dog becomes a wolf. When some fish slime ends up in the professor's pipe, the professor put it to his lips, and he turns into a rampaging

Unrated, 1 hr. 16 min.

Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Jack Arnold

Written By: David Duncan

In Theaters: Dec 17, 1958 Wide

On DVD: May 13, 2008

Cast

Arthur Franz
Dr. Donald Blake
Joanna Cook Moore
Madeline Howard
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mike Stevens
Nancy Walters
Sylvia Lockwood
Troy Donahue
Jimmy Flanders
Phil Harvey
Sgt. Powell
Helen Westcott
Molly Riordan
Alexander Lockwood
Gilbert Howard
Whit Bissell
Dr. Oliver Cole
Ross Elliott
Sgt. Eddie Daniels
Eddie Parker
the Monster
Hank Patterson
Mr. Townsend

Critic Reviews for Monster on the Campus

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So-bad-it's-good monster mash ... a hoot.

July 22, 2005 Comment

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Agreeably silly Jekyll and Hyde yarn with great hokey monster.

November 5, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Oh no, there's a monster on the campus? Wait, that's just a fish. I hated this movie, I couldn't even watch it all.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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The discovery of a "prehistoric fish" in the waters off the coast of Madagascar proved to be enough fodder to inspire this obscure b-movie. Apparently, any contact with the fish's blood will force a creature to genetically alter itself back to it's evolutionary roots. A dog, for example, will revert back to a

January 21, 2009