![]() ![]() In the third film, "The Experiment," a short-sighted man initially goes blind from some pills his doctor gave him, but soon the blindness wears off and he finds they accord quite a view. In a typical Ott twist, he wins and loses at the same time. "The Champion," the second film, introduces a Mexican wrestler who fights against death himself. His awakening is the stuff of nightmares. In the film, a traveler goes to sleep in what seems to be an otherwise empty hotel. She puts her money in the first box: "The Hotel" begins. Each costs only one coin, so the price is right for the little girl. Every box contains a movie the title of each appears on each screen. ![]() Finally, behind the rollercoaster she eyeballs a small booth with "CINEMA PANOPTICUM" written on it. She looks fascinated, but finds everything too expensive. The first story in the book introduces the other four: A little girl visits an amusement park. ![]() Ott plunges into the darkness with five graphic horror novelettes: "The Hotel," "The Champion," "The Experiment," "The Prophet," and the story which frames it all, "The Girl," each executed in his hallucinatory and hyper-detailed scratchboard style. ![]()
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