Episode 543: The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

Special Guest: Jacqueline Bisset
Guest Co-Hosts: Rahne Alexander, Andrew Nette

#Shocktober2021 continues with a look at Paul Wendkos’s The Mephisto Waltz (1971). Based on the novel by Fred Mustard Stewart, the film stars Alan Alda as Myles Clarkson, a pianist turned author along with Jacqueline Bisset as Myles’s wife Paula who isn’t a big fan of Myles’s new friend, the crotchety professional pianist Duncan Ely (Curd Jürgens), who harbors a dark secret.

Rahne Alexander and Andrew Nette join Mike to discuss the film, its similarities to Rosemary's Baby, and how this and other supernatural flicks paved the way to the '80s "satanic panic".

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Mephisto Waltz on Blu-Ray
Buy The Mephisto Waltz by Fred Mustard Stewart
Buy The Mephisto Waltz soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith

Music:
"A New Miles" - Jerry Goldsmith
"The Mephisto Waltz" - Franz Lizst

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Episode 89: Ricky 6 (2000)

Special Guest: Peter Filardi
Guest Co-Host: Josh Gravel

Say, do you love Satan? Ricky Kasso did. Writer/director Peter Filardi based Ricky 6 on the Kasso case.

We're joined this week by Arkham Film Society's Josh Gravel as we talk about "satanic panic," backward masking, and the finer points of devil worshiping.

Links:
Visit the Arkham Film Society on Facebook
Visit the official Arkham Film Society website
Watch Ricky 6 on YouTube
Read Say You Love Satan
Watch the Satan in the Suburbs documentary
Read Josh's article about Ricky 6 in the latest Cashiers du Cinemart
Buy Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s edited by Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe

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Music
Music used on this week's episode:
"Hell's Bells" by ACDC
"Ozzy and I" by James Kochalka Superstar
"Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden

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