Big Monster on Campus (2000)A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it. Director:Mitch MarcusWriter:Dave Payne |
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Big Monster on Campus (2000)A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it. Director:Mitch MarcusWriter:Dave Payne |
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| Matthew Lawrence | ... |
Frank Stein
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| Justin Walker | ... |
Lance Kipple
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| Christine Lakin | ... |
Macy
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Christian Payne | ... |
Tuttle
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| Shelley Duvall | ... |
Mrs. Stein
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| Richard Moll | ... |
Mr. O'Reilly
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| Charles Fleischer | ... |
Mr. Stockton
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Kenn Michael | ... |
Jordy
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| Bianca Lawson | ... |
Darien Stompanato
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| Ryan Reynolds | ... | ||
| Judge Reinhold | ... |
Mr. Stein
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Nicole Nieth | ... |
Andrea Shrelonzky
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Bradley Jay Lesley | ... |
Arnie
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| Eric Siegel | ... |
Officer Scott
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| Richard Speight Jr. | ... |
Comic Book Salesman
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At a party, one student gets picked on and ends up getting thrown into a pool that has no water in it. Frank, a geek, retrieves a brain from his father's lab and agrees to let the boy have it in exchange for a chance to hang with the popular crowd. The brain, it turns out, originally belonged to a serial killer. As the teen monster goes haywire, popular Macy becomes romantically involved with former geek Frank. Written by Anonymous
Not to sound all Maltin-ey, but what exactly were they thinking when they released this? You've got a stable of legitimate actors and a clever premise but low production quality and an out-of-whack ratio of corny to gore. What does that spell? Boltneck. It's not like there's trouble suspending belief that brains just screw in and lightning can reanimate the dead. It's just that we've seen it done better before. The movie drops in the occasional clever line or physical joke to let you know that something's going on, but for the most part it lays there. Since this genre of film is usually about one excess or another (i.e. sex or gore) then I guess that's where Boltneck failed for me. It isn't too much of anything, and it's not enough of any one thing to make it memorable.