8. Weird Science (1985) For every seriously scientific the-world-is-going-to end theme, there is always one movie which takes a U-turn and tends to brighten up the mood.

In the mid-'90s, a true story about a biological experiment that involved the grafting of a human ear onto a mouse made headlines. It piqued the interest of writer-director Vincenzo Natali (Paris ...

I was eight years old when I saw Weird Science in 1985 and I tried to recreate their experiment by hooking my sister’s Barbie doll up to wires and plugging them into an outlet. I’m lucky I ...

This week, in honor of the loss of the man behind so many 1980's icons, Movie Gadget Friday is paying homage to filmmaker John Hughes with a look into the 1985 cult-classic Weird Science.

White lab coats and dangerous experiments all epitomise the 'mad scientist' from many a Hollywood ... TV and movies. In the case of science, ... "The notion of science being 'weird', ...

One of the 1980s most celebrated movies, Weird Science successfully mashes the screwball teen sex comedy genre with B-grade science fiction to tell the story of two computer nerds who create the ...

One of the many things that make Weird Science work is the youthful innocence actor Ilan Mitchell-Smith brought to the character of Wyatt Donnelly. Prior to living every young actor’s dream of ...

'Weird Science' movie remake announced, '21 Jump Street' writer on board. The John Hughes comedy will be produced by Joel Silver and written by Michael Bacall. By Tom Eames Published: 18 April 2013.