Weird Science
Oddball laboratory pursuits
Weird Science is a 1985 American comedy film in which two teenage boys use a computer to create their ideal woman, who comes to life.
The title comes from a 1950s horror comic series.
The phrase now evokes campy science fiction or improbable technological scenarios: What kind of weird science experiment is going on in your garage?
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- lab coatProtective work garment
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
mutation · creature · electricity · bubbling · beakers · creation · lightning · goggles · test tubes · 1980s · John Hughes · teenage · high school · coming of age · computer · mannequin · dream girl · nerd
- 1985Live Aid, Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, Gorbachev, WrestleMania
- John HughesThe Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Home Alone, National Lampoon's Vacation
- sci-fiStar Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens, Star Trek
- sci-fi comedySpaceballs, Galaxy Quest, Futurama, sci-fi parody, Marvin
- Brat PackEmilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, The Breakfast Club