Zotz!

Zotz!

Zotz! is a 1947 novel by Walter Karig and a 1962 movie, produced and directed by William Castle. Ancient Eastern languages professor Jonathan Jones (Tom Poston) finds a magic amulet. Jones obtains powers to cause pain or slow movement, and even kill! Jones realizes that when he points at another living creature, it causes a great pain. Jones tries to give his finding to the Department of Defense. But he is taken as a madman. Then the Soviet Union gets interested and the adventures begin. It's a fun, zany little film with a bunch of laughs. As always, the film does not end as the book does, I personally prefer the satirical ending in the book.

And they don't pronounce Zotz correctly, it should be said with a long O, not a short o!