Silvano Tranquilli

An indefatigable detective (Giancarlo Giannini) is on the trail of a deranged serial killer with a unique method of murder: He abducts beautiful women and injects them with the poison of a wasp, which paralyzes them just enough to witness their own agonizing deaths. Directed by Paolo Cavara, this engrossing entry in the giallo genre of horror films features a score by spaghetti Western composer Ennio Morricone.

Mere days after marrying Giovanna (Sophia Loren), Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) is called to the Russian front to fight for the Italian forces. Years after Antonio is reported missing in action, Giovanna travels to Russia to learn what happened to him, only to discover he's alive. Their reunion is bittersweet, however, as Antonio has married another woman. Vittorio De Sica directs this heartbreaking drama.

SUNFLOWER is a grandly emotional melodrama featuring a stunning performance from Sophia Loren. In another of the actress's great collaborations with director Vittorio De Sica, Loren plays Giovanna, a steel-willed Italian woman on a desperate search to find her husband Antonio, who has gone missing on the WWII battlefields of Russia. Making the grueling overland journey years after the end of the war, she tracks Antonio down and finds him a changed man. This heart-wrenching reunion will forever alter the course of their lives.

(1964) Barbara Steele, George Riviere. An excellent horror film about a writer who accepts a bet that he'll be alive in the morning after spending the night in a haunted castle...