
Monster on the Campus
Co-ed beauty captive of man-monster! Campus terror! Students victims of terror-beast!
Directed by Jack Arnold
Produced by Universal International Pictures
A 1950s creature-feature about a professor's involuntary transformation into a murderous Neanderthal, blending pulp horror with period sci-fi spectacle.
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.
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Is Monster on the Campus scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Monster on the Campus easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Monster on the Campus sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.
Is Monster on the Campus violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.
Does Monster on the Campus end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
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