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Monster on the Campus

1958 · 77 min

A creaky black-and-white creature feature that ambles through campus labs and shadowy woods, offering mild chills and vintage B-movie charm.

Tagline
Co-ed beauty captive of man-monster! Campus terror! Students victims of terror-beast!
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • science
  • identity
  • madness
  • death
  • guilt
Places
  • school
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour3
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
Jack Arnold
Written by
David Duncan
Starring
Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Troy Donahue, Nancy Walters, Helen Westcott, Ross Elliott, Alexander Lockwood
Cinematography
Russell Metty
Runtime
77 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian, English

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