MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

TITLE : Monster On The Campus
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1958
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : Jack Arnold
STARRING : Arthur Franz, Joanna Cook Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue, Phil Harvey, Helen Westcott, Alexander Lockwood, Whit Bissell, Ross Elliott, Eddie Parker.
TAGLINES :
* Co-ed beauty captive of man-monster!
* Campus terror!
* Students victims of terror-beast!

"Monster On The Campus" is your typical teenage drive-in movie of the late 1950's, full of creature effects and spine-tingling scares, 50's style. Today, the film is of note for the early appearance of teen idol Troy Donahue who plays a college student. In this one the fun starts when Donahue delivers the remains of a prehistoric fish to his college professor. While examining the specimen the professor is exposed to its blood and is transformed into the character of the title. From this moment on the campus will never be the same again. "Monster On The Campus" is directed by legendary filmmaker Jack Arnold, the man responsible for other famous 50's sci-fi hits such as, "It Came From Outer Space (1953), "Creature From The Black Lagoon" (1954), "Revenge Of The Creature" (1955), "Tarantula" (1955), "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957), "The Space Children" (1958) and the teen classic "High School Confidential" (1958). "Monster On The Campus" does have alternative titles and is sometimes known as "Monster in the Night" or "Stranger on the Campus". One thing is for sure, if it's campy 50's sci-fi your looking for "Monster On The Campus" delivers the goods, so grab yourself some popcorn, sit in that favorite comfy chair of yours, put your feet up and settle in for a mad-cap adventure, 50's style.

Monster On The Campus(1958) VHS
A college biology instructor is given the carcass of a "living fossil" Coelecanth fish to study. A serum from the fish's remains reverts a dragonfly and dog to their prehistoric forms and turns the professor into a rampaging Neanderthal man! Bizarre sci-fi tale stars Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore; look for Troy Donahue as a student. 77 min.

The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection, Vols. 1 & 2 [DVD] DVD
"Dr. Cyclops" (1940) stars Albert Dekker as a mad scientist who shrinks five people to miniature size and holds them prisoner. A group of American G.I.s stumbles on the secret rituals of the snake-worshipping "Cult of the Cobra" (1955). Faith Domergue, David Janssen star. A lab experiment unleashes a rapidly growing "Tarantula" (1955). John Agar, Leo G. Carroll star. Archeologists Agar and Hugh Beaumont discover a clawed, bug-eyed race called "The Mole People" (1956). Grant Williams is "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) who begins to diminish in size after exposure to radiation. Meteorite fragments absorb water from everything around them (including people), creating "The Monolith Monsters" (1957). Monster on the campus is included in this DVD set