Viktor Frankenstein (Robin Ward), having been kicked out of Ingoldstat University in Germany, moves to Canada and enrolls in college there. In Germany few people raise their eyebrows at the name Frankenstein, but here the name denotes tales of monsters created from flesh and blood. Viktor comes under the wing of Professor Preston (Sean Sullivan), who has heard of Viktor’s experiments in mind control.
Viktor begins dating Susan Harris (Kathleen Sawyer). Susan, at one time, had been dating David (Tony Moffat-Lynch) but dropped him as soon as Viktor came on the scene. Also going on at the college is a protest being organized by Tony Bayles (Ty Haller). Some of the students are upset that computers have taken over a lot of regular functions and the students are in fear of being replaced. The computer age has arrived, and AI is on the march.
Viktor has created a way to control people’s minds using a handheld wireless mechanical control device. He first injects electrodes into the brain. With the control device he can make anyone do whatever he wants. To test the device, he injects electrodes into a cat, Cleopatra, and a dog, Cesar. He commands the two animals to fight to the death.
At a nightclub Viktor and Susan are talking to Tony. He asks Viktor to hold some hash for a moment. Photographer Debbie (Stephanie Laird) takes Viktor’s picture with the drugs. An article is published in the school paper about drugs on campus and the picture is posted with the article. Viktor is called into Dean Cantwell’s (Austin Willis) office. Once again Viktor gets expelled.
Realizing that he had been set up, Viktor decides to get revenge on Tony and everyone else. He slips everyone a mickey and injects them with electrodes. Now he is free to use the guys against each other, and anyone else he feels is his enemy.
“Dr. Frankenstein on Campus” AKA “Flick” was released in 1969 and was directed by Gilbert W. Taylor. It is a Canadian horror film. This was one of the films that made the rounds at various drive-ins throughout Canada and the U.S. It was usually paired with “The Night of the Witches” 1970. The movie has become very obscure since then. It is exploitative and has some nudity but is not overly outrageous, at least not the television version, which seems to be the only versions available. As far as I know, the movie has never had a home release. The only version I could find seems to have been taped from a television showing.
There are some little yet strange things going on in the movie that aren’t totally explained. For example, Viktor never undresses. At the end of the movie there is a twist that is supposed to explain why but for me, it just added more questions.
This unusual film ends up being a little bit like a slasher movie but there isn’t that much blood. It’s not a bad movie, and it’s not a great movie. There is unintentional camp and humor to the film. The plot is also a little different from the usual Frankenstein movie. In this one Frankenstein doesn’t create monsters from parts of other people. In this version he is basically creating zombies.