Monster on the Campus

Monster on the Campus (1958)

  • 16% of users liked it
    (244 ratings)

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… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 16 min.
Directed By
Jack Arnold
Written By
David Duncan
Genres
Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Dec 17, 1958 Wide
On DVD
May 13, 2008

Critic Reviews

  • Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

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

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Agreeably silly Jekyll and Hyde yarn with great hokey monster.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    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.

  • Randy T


    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… More

  • Anthony V


    Campy 50s horror fun.

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