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Perversions of Science

1997 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Ended · HBO

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror television series that ran on the cable channel HBO for one season in 1997. It is a spin-off of popular horror series Tales from the Crypt also shown on HBO, and its episodes are based on EC's Weird Science comic book series. The format of Perversions of Science is very similar to Tales From The Crypt, the show was introduced by a sexualized female robot named Chrome and then an individual episode would start. After the episode was complete, Chrome would conclude Perversions of Science. Most episodes focused on a part of science fiction such as alien invasion or space/time travel. The show featured a mix of established talent and young up-and-comers. "Panic", for instance, starred a young Jason Lee and Jamie Kennedy opposite Harvey Korman. As of 2011 the series has not been released on DVD in the US. However in 2001 it was released in Japan by Pioneer Entertainment where it has since gone out of print subsequently becoming sought after by collectors.

Episodes

  • S01E01Dream of Doom / Anatomy Lesson / Boxed In1997-06-0725m

    A 40 year old married, but childless, professor cannot wake from his dreams. Each time he wakes up, he finds himself in another dream.

  • S01E02The Exile1997-06-1126m

    A scientist who kills people in his experiments is arrested and tried. When rehabilitation fails, he is sentenced to be "exiled".

  • S01E03Given the Heir1997-06-1824m

    A woman re-shapes her body to perfection. She then participates in an experiment where she is sent ten years into the past where she meets a man obsessed with perfection.

  • S01E04Planely Possible1997-06-2527m

    A grieving widow volunteers to be the subject of an experiment where he will be sent to another plane of existence where his wife may still be alive.

  • S01E05Panic1997-07-0226m

    A number of people at a Halloween costume party try to deal with the panic caused by the Orson Wells Mercury Theater production of War of the Worlds.

  • S01E06Snap Ending1997-07-0924m

    The mixed gender crew of a spaceship have trouble controlling their anxieties when they are sent to study a new planet.

  • S01E07Ultimate Weapon1997-07-1625m

    Aliens from outer space assume human form in order to mate with a native earthperson.

  • S01E08The People's Choice1997-07-2326m

    A suburban family gets caught between groups of warring robots. When one of their robots is damaged every night, a robot repairman suggests that they buy a new one: a red, white, and blue patriot.

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