morrison-dylan-fan Taking a look online at the credits for director Ruggero Deodato 2 years ago,after I had "discovered" him thanks to his excellent 1977 film Jungle Holocaust,I noticed that he had made,what sounded to be a very intriguing Erotic-Thriller influenced Giallo right at the very start of the 90's,just as the third,and final wave of the Giallo sub-genre was about to end.Originally expecting to find the movie pretty easily due to a number of his films having been given pretty big DVD/Blu-Ray release over the last 10 years,I was shocked to find,that unlike his titles for the Cannibal genre,Deodato's late Giallo sadly looked to have been lost in the wash for a number of years.Keeping an eye out for the movie,I decided after at last tracking this "missing" Giallo down,that I would head straight for the laundrette,in the hope of finding a special washing machine waiting to be opened.The plot:Arriving to a house that is occupied by three sisters called Maria,Vida and Ludmilla Kolba, due to Ludmilla having rung the police over discovering the body of Vida's boyfriend (who is also her pimp) Yuri Petkov's inside the washing machine,Inspector Alexander Stacev slowly opens the washing machine's door expecting to find a bloody body inside,only to discover that the machine contains nothing.Talking to each of the siren-like sisters,Stacev quickly uncovers that Ludmilla seems to have a bit of a drinking problem,which leads to Alexander quickly declaring the case closed,and ignoring Ludmilla's pleas for him to continue the investigating,by telling Ludmilla that he was strongly the she had seen a drink related hallucination.Setting out on leaving the case behind and starting on the mounting new police work,Stacev finds himself getting drawn to meeting the off-centre sisters again,with Alexander's mind also becoming focused on uncovering the sister's true desire's.View on the film:Despite being a bit "Mr.Grumpy" about the film now in recent interviews saying that he, "Just made it to get a quick bit of cash,and didn't care at all about the results" director Ruggero Deodato shows a real skill and focus in making sure that the movie stays balanced between dream- logic Giallo and an icy Eroticness that never falls into any sleaze dead-ends,which also helps to give a real elegance to his 3 gorgeous leading ladies: Ilaria Borrelli,Katarzyna Figura and Barbara Ricci.Shooting the film in eastern Europe shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain,Deodato covers the movie in an atmospheric mist,that helps to give the moments when Deodato shows each of the terrificly performed sister's version's of events a wonderful nightmarish,dream like quality (with a particular highlight in the movie being an ultra stylised scene that revels that dreams that Alexander is having over his obsession with the strange sisters.Matching the mysterious atmosphere that Deodato builds in his directing,the screenplay by Luigi Spagnol shows a real daring nature in putting the sisters criss-crossing versions of events out there without ever giving signal's to the viewer to which ( if any) is the real version of events,to instead allow the viewer to decide on what they believe to be real and fake.Whilst the screenplay does show real ambition,Spagnol gives a real haziness to the Giallo mystery element of the film,that leads to Alexander's attempt at uncovering the truth and lies that the sisters are telling him,one that feels detached from the viewer and lacking the vice-like grip that the plot line,and actress's seemed to offer,which leads to this being a very interesting Giallo Erotic Thriller that sadly cant wash all of the stains away.

bensonmum2 In this latter day Giallo, Police Inspector Alexander Stracev is called to the home of three sisters to investigate a crime. One of the sisters claims to have found the mutilated body of a pimp named Yuri in her washing machine. When Inspector Stracev arrives, he finds no body and no sign of there having ever been a body. But the more he investigates, the more enthralled he becomes by each of the three sisters as they take turns trying to seduce him, tempting him with information about what happened to Yuri and accusing each other of responsibility for Yuri's disappearance. Inspector Stracev is not sure what he's on to, but he can't get away from it. The sisters keep drawing him in deeper and deeper.With a name like The Washing Machine, I had no idea what to expect. What I found was an entertaining Euro-thriller that exceeded my somewhat guarded expectations. Director Ruggero Deodato (better known for his cannibal films) has created a very stylish (as stylish as Budapest, circa 1993, can be), quick moving and entertaining film that kept my interest from the opening scenes. The pacing is nice and I enjoyed the way Deodato allowed the plot to unfold in bits and pieces during several erotically charged moments. The mystery elements kept me guessing until the very end. There were questions I couldn't wait to be answered - Was there really a body in the washing machine? Are the three sisters as completely mad as they seem? Or, are these women using the Inspector as part of some sort of elaborate game? It's all very nicely done.

HumanoidOfFlesh I wasn't expecting too much from this movie-this is surely no "Cannibal Holocaust",but a decent erotic thriller from infamous Ruggero Deodato.It's very well-made,atmospheric and it has some really sensual sex scenes.The acting is pretty good(Polish actress Katarzyna Figura shines here as one of three sisters)and there's an unexpected and rather gross dismemberment scene which reminds me brilliant "Cannibal Holocaust".My evaluation:7 out of 10.Recommended!

Mazzarini A fine little film from cult director Ruggero Deodato, not one of his personal favourites but one of the few you can see in the UK uncut. It is certainly worth watching, most people think of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST when the name Deodato is mentioned, which is a shame because he has directed some very entertaining films and this is one of them. If you like erotic thrillers then this is for you, if you just like to be entertained then this is also for you.