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 ...

In honor of some of the goofiest and silliest efforts from a decade that was full of them, this is a selection of bizarre '80s movies that have since been largely forgotten but may be worthy of a ...

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.

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 ...