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      Zotz!

      1962 1h 27m Comedy List
      Reviews 21% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Professor Jonathan Jones (Tom Poston) is given an ancient coin that provides him with new abilities. Jonathan can cause pain, slow time or kill, all through the mystical coin and a special word: "Zotz." When Jonathan tries to explain the power, few believe him, and he loses ground to a competing professor (Jim Backus). However, Russian spies find out about the coin, and they kidnap Jonathan's niece (Zeme North) as well as a female professor he likes (Julia Meade). Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com William Castle tries but fails with this one. Rated: C May 18, 2011 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Just a dreadful film. Rated: C- Mar 16, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member One of great movies of my childhood. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Really fun quasi sci-fi films I remembered as a kid and recently was able to see and it still holds up - plenty of entertaining performances by Tom Poston and Jim Bachus. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review eric b "Zotz!" has a fun premise, a good cast (Tom Poston, Jim Backus, even Marx brothers legend Margaret Dumont) and William Castle's slick directing style, so why is this film such a drag? Poston is a college professor of languages who gets his hands on an ancient coin that bestows three magic powers upon its owner. Simultaneously, he is competing with Backus for a department promotion and courting an attractive new faculty member. So far, so good. But what are those powers? Something exciting like invisibility, telekinesis, flying or mind-reading? Nope. He can cause intense stomach pain, make things run in slow motion or shut down a person (or machine) altogether. Ho hum. Not so interesting, eh? "Zotz!" never overcomes this script problem, and a late attempt to add Cold War-era Soviet villains doesn't help. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review ashley h Zotz is another disappointing film. It is about Jonathan Jones who comes into possession of an ancient coin. Tom Poston and Julia Meade give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. William Castle did a terrible job directing this movie. I did not think that this motion picture was funny and was not impressed. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Harmless nonsense is a change-of-pace for director Castle. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member William Castle tries but fails with this one. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Professor Jonathan Jones (Tom Poston) is given an ancient coin that provides him with new abilities. Jonathan can cause pain, slow time or kill, all through the mystical coin and a special word: "Zotz." When Jonathan tries to explain the power, few believe him, and he loses ground to a competing professor (Jim Backus). However, Russian spies find out about the coin, and they kidnap Jonathan's niece (Zeme North) as well as a female professor he likes (Julia Meade).
      Director
      William Castle
      Screenwriter
      Ray Russell
      Production Co
      Columbia Pictures Corporation
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 4, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 27m