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)	October 3, 1962
Running time	87 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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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.