Word: mephisto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mephisto, Lucifer, and Mister Scratch...
...undeniable fact that big time wrestling boasts a disproportionate number of Kings, Princes and other noblemen. Lord Al Hays, Sir Dudley Clements, Lord James Blears, and a dozen others have actually served or are predicted to serve in England's House of Lords. The Great Mephisto and The Shiek, both prominent leaders in the Middle East, have brought to the sport that touch of subtlety and mystique associated with their native land...
There are many men, like Ieukea, who speak a truth that is louder than words. Prince Mephisto, the middle Eastern Sheik foresook his kingdom to come to America to fulfill his life's burning ambition--to beat America's greatest matmen. The Prince uses extra-professional tactics which some whimpering idiots claim to be unethical. Before a match, for example, he sometimes goes into a trance and puts a spell on his hapless opponent. Other times he makes balls of fire emanate from his fingertips. He has been known to burn the eyes out of the sockets of his helpless...
...first glance, and even at second, The Mephisto Waltz looks a lot like Rosemary's Granddaughter. There are the ambitious husband, beleaguered wife, treacherous new acquaintances, sympathetic old friends, intimations of perversion and, finally, the confirmation of diabolism. Yet for all the obvious echoes of its superior predecessor, Waltz stands on its own as a sleek and scary piece of movie necromancy...
...title a bit too literally. He seizes every available opportunity to dance his camera around, photographing from acrobatic angles and utilizing a full spectrum of weird color filters. If the technique is somewhat distracting, at least he succeeds in achieving a good sense of clammy terror. The Mephisto Waltz is not one of those really goose-fleshy horror pictures that make you edgy about opening the front door when you get home from the theater. But it is spooky enough to make you wonder just a little the next time you attend a piano recital...