You won't be disappointed!

Very well executed

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Tom Poston got the short shrift with his two William Castle films, both lame comedies where even his subtle comic talents can't save him from the unfunny scripts. This science fiction spoof is about a rare ancient coin that shows things down, speeds them up, freezes them or kills them. He's the nerdy college professor trying to give this to the Pentagon, which results in Russian spies going after him. (Those spies are conveniently outside General Fred Clark's office posing as window washers). There's one funny scene concerning some loose mice (with Margaret Dumont, of all old biddies, present as Persephone Updike!) and such other vets as Cecil Kellaway and Jim Backus there as well. Backus's one big comic moment (his speech being slowed down to make him appear drunk) is embarrassingly unfunny. With such talent, you'd think there'd be more humor (even if the plot is beyond ridiculous) but the result is a zero. Nertz to Zotz.

I have always a vague memory of a movie I saw one afternoon back in the early 1970's when I was a little kid. I've been wondering for years what the name of it was and I finally found out what it was.The movie was about this guy who had this magic coin that would make everything stop or move very slowly. I recalled a scene with him sitting in a bathtub and a scene where someone is falling off the roof of a building, but falls very slowly because of the magic coin. I also had a vague memory of someone firing a gun, but the bullet being stopped in mid-air by the coin.Somehow I came across some info on IMDb for a William Castle film called Zotz! and realized that I had found it at last. I got a copy of it and watched it again after about 30 years. One thing that I had forgotten about completely was the scene where he is riding the bike with that bracket on the handlebars for reading a book. Strange how a long closed section of your memory banks can be reopened again years later.Zotz! wasn't as good as I'd hoped. I can see how a little kid might think it was fun, but it didn't really hold up that well for an adult. Castle's movie called "13 Ghosts" on the other hand is one that can be enjoyed by kids and adults as well.

I enjoyed this very much as a kid! No special effects to speak of back then -- just plain great acting!! Tom Poston MADE this role, as being so believable when he comes across hidden "powers." If this were ever to be remade someday, the special effects would probably outweigh the performances.

Ya gotta admit it's a great title and Tom Poston is rather watchable for the nine-year-olds who are the target audience. It's just a silly chase over a coin with silly magical powers, and if one can overlook the Cold War propaganda was a fun fantasy for playacting with my little friends afterwards.Watching it again as an adult I found it rather charmless but not a total bore.