This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi, we're heading into murkier, creepier territory as we pair Mimic and Splice - two films that take mad science out of the lab and straight into body-horror nightmare fuel.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Vincenzo Natali, they arrive from very different moments in sci-fi cinema. Mimic comes out of the late-90s creature-feature era, mixing practical effects with early CGI and big studio ambition. Splice, released over a decade later, taps into anxieties around gene splicing, biotech, and scientists who really should know better.

• Visit our website https://www.journeythroughscifi.com/
• Email Us!
• Support the podcast on PATREON
  
• Add us on INSTAGRAM
• Find us on TIKTOK
• Like us on FACEBOOK
• Follow us on LETTERBOXD

We look back at the biggest sci-fi moments of 2025 — franchise returns, standout TV, Marvel's slump, DC's revival, and the auteur films that kept the genre interesting. From Superman and 28 Years Later to Severance and Alien: Earth, we break down what landed, what didn't, and what comes next for JTSF.

• Visit our website https://www.journeythroughscifi.com/
• Email Us!
• Support the podcast on PATREON
  
• Add us on INSTAGRAM
• Find us on TIKTOK
• Like us on FACEBOOK
• Follow us on LETTERBOXD

This week on Journey Through Sci-Fi, we revisit Flubber (1997) and The Nutty Professor (1996) to explore how both films became showcases for the 90s CGI boom.

We look at how early digital effects, morphing tech, ILM's rubbery animation, and ambitious makeup and prosthetics reshaped the mad-scientist trope for a family audience. From Eddie Murphy's multi-character transformations to Flubber's bouncy CGI flying rubber, we break down the moment Hollywood shifted from practical FX to digital spectacle and what effect it had on the depiction of Mad Science.

• Visit our website https://www.journeythroughscifi.com/
• Email Us!
• Support the podcast on PATREON
  
• Add us on INSTAGRAM
• Find us on TIKTOK
• Like us on FACEBOOK
• Follow us on LETTERBOXD