Weird Science (
1985) is a
teen film written and directed by
John Hughes and starring
Anthony Michael Hall,
Kelly LeBrock and
Ilan Mitchell-Smith. The film's producer Joel Silver acquired film rights to the pre-
Comics Code Authority 1950s
EC Comics magazine
Weird Science, from which the plot is developed as an expansion and modernization of the basic premise in Al Feldstein's story "Made of the Future" in the fifth issue. The title
song was written and performed by the
American New Wave band
Oingo Boingo.
Plot