Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets yet another theme variation in this Universal Pictures monster epic Monster On The Campus. Will these scientists ever stop all these wild and crazy experiments.
Arthur Franz plays a biology professor who is rejoicing in the fact that he's gotten for his college a preserved specimen of an old lung fish, the kind that millions of years ago had both gills and lungs and would leave the water periodically and walk about on land for food. The specimen is irradiated with gamma rays to kill bacteria. What that does is cause anyone exposed to revert to the primitive. Troy Donahue's dog becomes a prehistoric wolf, a modern dragon fly becomes its ancestor which had a two foot wing span and Franz goes Hyde on everybody.
A little King Kong is thrown in here as well as Franz as man or beast has a real hankering for Joanna Moore. Who wouldn't.
Poor Arthur Franz his career hit bottom with this one. A nice cast of real professional players who had some solid film credits really look pained trying to breathe life into this Thanksgiving special. And to think Troy Donahue playing one of Franz's students was only a year away from his breakout role in A Summer Place.
For men and beasts, this one's a dog.
Arthur Franz plays a biology professor who is rejoicing in the fact that he's gotten for his college a preserved specimen of an old lung fish, the kind that millions of years ago had both gills and lungs and would leave the water periodically and walk about on land for food. The specimen is irradiated with gamma rays to kill bacteria. What that does is cause anyone exposed to revert to the primitive. Troy Donahue's dog becomes a prehistoric wolf, a modern dragon fly becomes its ancestor which had a two foot wing span and Franz goes Hyde on everybody.
A little King Kong is thrown in here as well as Franz as man or beast has a real hankering for Joanna Moore. Who wouldn't.
Poor Arthur Franz his career hit bottom with this one. A nice cast of real professional players who had some solid film credits really look pained trying to breathe life into this Thanksgiving special. And to think Troy Donahue playing one of Franz's students was only a year away from his breakout role in A Summer Place.
For men and beasts, this one's a dog.