Genius, chaos, and cinematic weirdness collide as Matt and James explore two of the strangest visions of mad science ever put to screen — The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)  and The City of Lost Children (1995) . From rock ’n’ roll brain surgeons to dream-stealing scientists, this double bill dives into the eccentric, the surreal, and the gloriously over-designed worlds of 80s and 90s sci-fi. Expect talk of comic-book logic, baroque laboratories

Things get messy in the lab this week as we cover two different tales of reanimation — Re-Animator (1985)  and Poor Things (2023) . From Herbert West’s glowing green serum to Bella Baxter’s rebirth under Dr. Godwin Baxter, we explore mad science as both grotesque horror and feminist fable. Expect chat about practical effects, literary roots, the Frankenstein legacy, and why both films celebrate the beauty (and terror) of scientific creation gone too far. “Mad science isn’t ju

Bust out your proton packs and grab that conch shell: we’re getting gloriously weird. In this Mad Science instalment, we dig into the blue‑collar science of Ghostbusters (1984)  and the gleefully meta lab‑experiment of The Cabin in the Woods (2012) . From unlicensed nuclear accelerators to office drones preventing the apocalypse on a 9‑to‑5, we explore how science, the supernatural, and comedy collide, plus SFX wizardry, franchise tangents, Dan Aykroyd’s spooky obsessions, an

This week, we dive into the deep end of consciousness with two films that push the limits of science, identity, and human connection — Altered States (1980)  and Upstream Color (2013) . From Ken Russell’s psychedelic body horror to Shane Carruth’s hypnotic biological loop, these movies explore what happens when scientific obsession collides with transcendence. Expect talk of isolation tanks, sensory overloads, parasitic pigs, love as symbiosis, and whether enlightenment is ju

What happens when mad science goes from the lab to the real world? Matt and James tackle two chilling experiments in human control — The Boys from Brazil (1978)  and Das Experiment (2001) . From cloning Hitler to psychological manipulation behind bars, these films expose the darkest extremes of scientific ambition. Expect moral panic, prison mayhem, cloned chaos, and the ethics of playing god in the name of research. “When science stops asking ‘should we?’ the answer is alway

From sentient tomatoes plotting global domination to various meats falling from the sky. Is it delicious, disgusting… or both? And which...

In this week’s episode of our Mad Science series, we slip into our fishnets and fire up the floppy disks as we delve into the horny world...

Two films. One mind-blowing concept: what if you could go  inside  the body? This episode, we explore the micro-madness of Fantastic...

It's alllliiiiiiiive!...again This week, we continue our journey through mad science examining two continuations of the Frankentesin...

This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi, we examine how Stanley Kubrick's Doctor Strangelove (1964) and Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein...

​In this episode, we take a comedic detour into 60s sci-fi as we revisit Disney's "The Absent-Minded Professor" and Jerry Lewis' "The...

When science and obsession collide. We break down Eyes Without a Face  (1960) and The Skin I Live In  (2011), two chilling films about...

From The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’s predatory surgeon to The Man with Two Brains’s lusty neurosurgeon, mad science films often mix...

This week, we're discussing The Fly—both the 1958 and 1986 versions—to talk about teleportation experiments gone very, very wrong. From...

What happens when science makes you way too small? This week, we’re diving into accidental shrinking in sci-fi, from the eerie...

From high-tech fabric to genetically engineered dinos, we discuss The Man in the White Suit (1951) and Jurassic Park (1993), as Mad...

This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi, we’re tackling the science of shrinking with two unique takes on mad experiments. First, the...

This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi , we’re disussing a couple of scientists who lose the plot thanks to their own experiments. First up,...

In this week’s episode of Journey Through Sci-Fi, we're taking a look into the minds of scientists on the trail of killers and unraveling...

This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi , we cover another of H.G. Wells' works brought to the big screen— The Island of Dr. Moreau —and...