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Italian Horror Film Directo Rino Di Silvestro Dies

Di Silvestro, RinoRino Di Silvestro was writer and director of the schlock horror film Legend of the Wolf Woman (aka La Lupa Mannara) starring Annik Borel.

Di Silvestro was born in Italy on January 30, 1932, and began his career working in theater. He made his directorial debut with the 1973 exploitation classic Women in Cell Block 7. He wrote and directed a handful of sordid schlock classics over the next decade including Red Light Girls (1974), SS Special Section Women (1976), Baby Love (1979), Hanna D.: The Girl from Vondel Park (1984) under the pseudonym Axel Berger, and The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985) under the name Cesar Todd.

Rino Di Silvestro died of cancer in Italy on October 3, 2009, at age 77.

Written by Harris Lentz III

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