Most film fans have at least a few guilty pleasures, and Monster on the Campus is one of mine. Looking back on it, this review isn't terribly well crafted, which is probably why the magazine I submitted it to never used it. Directed by Jack Arnold. With Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue. In my estimation, that's hardly scathing criticism.
Few films are.
I'll go a step further and put Monster on the Campus behind Tarantula and Revenge of the Creature , as well, ranking it ahead of only The Space Children among Arnold's sci fi output. Even then, Monster on the Campus remains in good company. It boasts a lightning pace, an imaginative twist on a classic storyline and enough action for two B-unit programmers. Blake plans a series of experiments involving primitive fish, known as a coelacanth, which he has imported from East Africa. When a German shepherd drinks water contaminated by the coelacanth's blood, the dog grows fangs four inches long and begins snapping at passers by.