Zotz!
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| Zotz! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Castle |
| Produced by | William Castle |
| Written by | Walter Karig Ray Russell |
| Starring | Tom Poston Julia Meade |
| Music by | Bernard Green |
| Cinematography | Gordon Avil |
| Editing by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Zotz! is a 1947 novel by Walter Karig and a 1962 movie, about a man obtaining magical powers from a god of an ancient civilization.
Amongst science fiction fandom, the word refers to a useless, unwanted gift.[citation needed]
[edit] Plot
Ancient Eastern languages professor Jonathan Jones finds a cursed amulet. Jones obtains powers to cause pain or slow movement, and even kill. He immediately suffers the consequences of his discovery: Jones realizes that when he points at another living creature, it causes a great pain. This prevents any intimate encounters with a woman. It is a metaphor of the age of nuclear weapons (the novel was written 2 years after atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
In the movie, Jones tries to warn Department of Defense and get rid of the amulet. But he is taken as a madman. Then the Soviet Union gets interested and the adventures begin. It's a comedy.
[edit] External links
- Zotz! at the Internet Movie Database

