Journey Through Sci-Fi: Science Fiction Film History

The Mad Science Movie Awards: 58 Films, So Many Bad Ideas

The 8 movies

Jurassic Park
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Re-Animator
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Frankenstein
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The Invisible Man
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The Fly
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Get Out
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Poor Things
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Show notes

We close out our Mad Science series the only way we know how: with a very serious, deeply prestigious and completely unofficial Mad Science Film Awards. After 58 films and more than a century of sci-fi cinema, we look back at the scientists, monsters, labs, experiments and terrible decisions that defined the season. From Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Invisible Man to The Fly, Re-Animator, Jurassic Park, Get Out and Poor Things, we trace how mad science evolved from gothic cautionary tales to atomic-age anxiety, body horror, corporate genetics, surveillance, consent and control.<...

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