 Later she appeared in other controversial films, characterized by plots involving incest and improper relations between adults and adolescents, such as "La petite fille en velours bleu" ("Little Girl in Blue Velvet", 1978), "Mimi" (1979), and "" (1980).In the 1980s Wendel was mainly active in horror films, working with Dario Argento ("Tenebrae", 1982), Lamberto Bava ("Midnight Killer", 1986), Joe D'Amato ("Killing Birds", 1988), and Umberto Lenzi ("Ghosthouse", 1988) among others.She was also in a number of art films, including Michelangelo Antonioni's "Identification of a Woman" (1982) and Federico Fellini's "Intervista" (1987).