(William Castle, 1962)Release date: 20 May 2024Standard Edition Blu-ray
Tom Poston (
The Old Dark House) and Julia Meade (
Pillow Talk) star in
Zotz!, an outrageous Cold War comedy from director William Castle (
13 Ghosts).
Eccentric professor Jonathan Jones (Poston) discovers a magical amulet which can be used to slow down time, inflict pain, or bring about instant death. When foreign agents seek to steal the amulet for their own gain, Jones, accompanied by his colleague Professor Fenster (Meade), must protect it.
With support from Jim Backus (
Rebel Without a Cause) and Margaret Dumont (
Duck Soup), and a screenplay by Ray Russell (
Mr. Sardonicus),
Zotz! is a delightful mixture of slapstick and satire.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with Diabolique magazine's editor-in-chief Kat Ellinger
-
Stephen Laws Introduces ‘Zotz!’ (2018, 6 mins): personal appreciation by the acclaimed horror author
-
The Horror of It All (2018, 24 mins): career-spanning appreciation of horror author and Zotz! screenwriter Ray Russell by Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies
- Isolated music & effects track
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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BBFC cert: PG
REGION FREEEAN: 5060697924473