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6/10
'The Washing Machine' Wears its Dirty Laundry when it Should Take it Off
ascheland29 July 2014
In first few minutes of "The Washing Machine," Vida (busty Katarzyna Figura) has make up sex with her gangster boyfriend/pimp Yuri (Yorgo Voyagis) in front of an open refrigerator. Watching from the stairs is one of Vida's two sisters she shares the apartment with, Ludmilla (Barbara Ricci). Ludmilla hikes up her nightgown and spreads her legs to give us a perfect view of her white panties. Then she starts playing a triangle (no, that isn't a euphemism), Vida and Yuri seemingly oblivious to her musical accompaniment, until Vida looks over her shoulder to give her sister a knowing smile.

Things get weirder later that night when Ludmilla discovers Yuri's body hacked to pieces and stuffed inside the washing machine (hence the awful English title). Or did she? By the time the police arrive the next morning there is no body, because what's a giallo without a mysteriously disappearing corpse? But Ludmilla and her sisters Vida and Sissy report a murder anyway. Inspector Stacev (Philippe Caroit) dismisses the women as cranks, only to be drawn into conducting an investigation when the sisters contact him separately, alternately trying to seduce him (or flat out forcing themselves on him like Vida does) and tease him with information that might prove Yuri was murdered.

The plot of "The Washing Machine" doesn't withstand close scrutiny and often revelations are made as if screenwriter Luigi Spagnol just thought of them the day of filming (e.g., Ludmilla having a drinking problem, Stacev being into S/M). But with such crazy set pieces as Sissy (Ilaria Borrelli) having sex with Stacev in the middle of a museum while blind students wander around them, who cares?

"The Washing Machine" promises a sleazy good time and almost delivers. Where it disappoints is how it handles its numerous trashy elements. It's not that it goes too far; it often doesn't go far enough. Given that the movie is directed by Ruggero Deodato, the man who gave us "Cannibal Holocaust," it's downright tame. Breasts are exposed every 10 minutes or so, but the numerous sex scenes aren't terribly creative or explicit. The women seldom get totally naked (only Borrelli does full frontal) and the men all have sex completely clothed. There are Shannon Tweed vehicles that push the envelope further than this movie does. Deodato is less restrained with the gory moments, but there are few of those. For me, "The Washing Machine" is summed up in its opening scene: kinky and weird but refusing to take off its underwear.
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4/10
Dirty!!
Coventry8 December 2005
Utterly demented thriller (giallo?) about three twisted sisters that fall for the same type of men and use their washing machine as a killer device. Police inspector Alexander Stacev is bound to go nuts as all three sisters turn out professional liars and dedicated to get him in bed. It's hard to believe that this light-headed, almost comical horror cheapie was directed by Ruggero Deodato, creator of notorious Italian gut-munchers like "Cannibal Holocaust" and "Last Cannibal World". Judging by the ludicrous premise and absurd story-twists, Deodato must have been suffering from an identity crisis, or something! There's more gratuitous sex and nudity in "The Washing Machine" than in the average Shannon Tweed TV-thriller, but the actresses are bustier (especially the Polish Kashia Figura) AND there's splatter, too! What more could you possibly wish for? A terrific musical score, perhaps? There's that too!
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6/10
Not a washout.
morrison-dylan-fan14 March 2013
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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 (also reviewed),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 launderette,in the hope of finding a special washing machine waiting to be opened.

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" directing auteur 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 three 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 strikingly 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.
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Deodato's very decent late entry into the giallo genre
lazarillo13 December 2007
Despite an incredibly stupid English language title ("The Washing Machine"), this is a real return to form both for the Italian giallo genre and for infamous Italian director Ruggiero Deodato. Ironically, Deodato never really directed too many giallo back in their 70's heyday. (He was either making nihilistic Third World cannibal films or being put on trial in Italy or other places for making nihilistic Third World cannibal films). In the late 1980's and 1990's, however, he made two fairly decent ones in a row(after "Stagefright" and "Opera" probably the best two of that period), "Off Balance" in the late 80's and this one a few years later.

This movie is about a cop who is trying to find out which of three sexy prostitute-sisters (a very aggressive one, a deceptively shy one, and a mysterious one in between) was responsible for killing their thuggish pimp. This naturally involves him having sex with all three. The end is not entirely unexpected, but enjoyable nevertheless.

Like Fulci's movie "Aenigma" made a few years earlier this was filmed in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain, obviously in an attempt by the declining Italian film industry to open up new markets, and more importantly, to save money. Unlike with the Fulci film though, the unknown Eastern European actresses here are not only very sexy, but also pretty good (especially the one playing the middle sister). Mostly though it's Deodato's effective directorial style that really does the job. The movie has enough sex in it that it could be mistaken for one of the multitude of "erotic thrillers" that were big at the time (after the success of the Hollywood thriller "Basic Instinct"), but this movie is actually GOOD,and deserves to be included more as a late entry in the vastly superior giallo genre. Anyway, if you like decent gialli, or are willing to see an "erotic thriller" that DOESN'T mightily suck, be sure to see this one.
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3/10
An off-form director
Leofwine_draca16 March 2021
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THE WASHING MACHINE (1993, original title Vortice mortale) is a late-stage giallo from the one and only Ruggero Deodato, of course famous for his notorious CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. Unfortunately aside from one gore scene there are no similarities to that gruelling masterpiece, and THE WASHING MACHINE is an example of the director having a real off day. As with many 1990s Italian films, it's a low budget, cheap-looking affair, set in a single apartment occupied by three strange sisters who discover a hacked-up body in their washing machine one night.

When our cop protagonist, as played by Philippe Cariot, investigates he can find no trace of a murder. Instead he spends most of his time bedding each of the sisters, each of whom has a specific character: the eldest is a brazen prostitute, the middle one an ethereal musician, the youngest a bisexual charity worker. The mystery is certainly convoluted and little happens, so the writer resorts to dream sequences and lots and lots of sex and female nudity which doesn't really make up for it. The solution to the mystery is one of the most ridiculous I've seen, a crushing disappointment and plain silly way to end the film. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this one.
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7/10
With a name like The Washing Machine, I had no idea what to expect.
bensonmum22 May 2006
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.
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3/10
Wash it away
pumaye3 April 2004
A total waste of time, this sorry excuse for a soft porn (that doesn't dare enough, anyway) is a botched thriller, with a Budapest scenario, where three sexy, perverted sisters try to lure a naive police inspector (falling to all three of them - well he has his reasons to not resist to these sirens) in making him believe none of them is guilty of the killing of the husband of one of them. Apart from a couple of interesting nightmarish sequences (very gory and cannibalistic, a trademark of the director, Deodato) and the well exposed graces of the ladies involved, the movie stinks as a thriller, even as a late example of Italian giallo, the plot is crude and convoluted, and the result is a mess. To watch only with fast forward.
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7/10
Sexy and twisted thriller.
HumanoidOfFlesh3 July 2002
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!
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5/10
Giallo ala Ruggero
BandSAboutMovies25 March 2019
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Well, it's official. I always thought Strip Nude for Your Killer and Play Motel were the sleaziest giallo I'd ever seen. Good news. Or bad news, depending on your morals. Ruggero Deodato is here to let you know that there's no limit to the depravity that he can bring to your TV set. Seriously, I feel like I have to wash it now after this one. I guess that's what I should expect from the maker of Cannibal Holocaust.

This movie starts off with a sex worker making love to a ponytailed man in a suit in the middle of her kitchen while her sister watches and touches herself. Trust me, it's not going to get any cleaner as it goes on.

Vida (Katarzyna Figura, The Player), Ludmilla and Sissy (Ilaria Borelli, Life Is Beautiful) are three gorgeous sisters living together in a Budapest apartment. The next day after the opening sex scene, Ludmilla finds the bloody remains of the ponytailed man, a pimp named Yury (Yorgo Voyagis, Frantic), in the washing machine.

Inspector Stacev responds to the police call, but the body is gone. He believes that this is all in Ludmilla's head but soon, he's making time with all three sisters. One by one, they tell him that they are innocent, blame one another and then have sex with him. Obviously, this makes his girlfriend Irina incredibly jealous.

So why are the girls putting him through this? Has there really been a murder? Is he next? How many sex scenes can Deodato fit into a film (the answer is an awful lot)?

Shameless put this out a few years ago and I've heard rumors that Arrow may be re-releasing this soon. It's pretty decent, but you might want to know what you're getting into before watching this with people not ready for the excesses of Italian films.
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7/10
Why go to the "adults' section" of the video store...
gridoon26 July 2004
....when you can rent movies like "The Washing Machine"? Deodato's erotic thriller has (almost) everything you're looking for in a soft-core film, plus...a story! Of course the story lags at times, to allow for some very sexy moments (all three sisters are scorching hot), and the more you think about it, the less sense it makes. But the film does have two effective (if perhaps incomprehensible) twist endings, and a terrific music score. (**1/2)
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8/10
Absolutely a rewarding viewing experience!
chrichtonsworld16 June 2012
In multiple reviews I read that the director wasn't too happy with the end result. I only can imagine what he had envisioned but I completely disagree.The Washing Machine is an extremely enjoyable modern giallo that is stylish and offers thrills ranging from sexy to freaky. The viewer will get tricked multiple times.Which is a pleasure since most is done by three beautiful and immensely seductive sisters.One hornier than the other.They way they use their sexuality not only offers very titillating and arousing scenes but at the same time really do have a function in the sordid plot.The plot is filled with so many surprises that it is a joy to see what happens next.Not without flaws though.Some developments are left open and maybe only were present to give details about the main character. What I liked most about The Washing Machine that it keeps you guessing about the characters.Once you think you figured them out they do something completely opposite.One last remark,contrary to what the director thought the relatively unknown actresses accomplish what very few can do which is engage the viewer.Absolutely a rewarding viewing experience!
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7/10
Deodato sets the temperature at 'HOT'.
BA_Harrison1 May 2020
I recently watched Umberto Lenzi's TV movie House of Lost Souls, in which a boy is decapitated by a a possessed washing machine. Knowing nothing about Ruggero Deodato's The Washing Machine, I half expected a film full of such appliance-based craziness, but was surprised by a distinct lack of killer kitchen equipment. The washing machine in this late giallo from the director of Cannibal Holocaust remains lifeless and doesn't kill anyone; it is merely the receptacle for the dismembered body of a murdered man. Or is it?

Inspector Alexander Stacev (Philippe Caroit) is called to investigate the suspected murder of pimp Yuri Petkov (Yorgo Voyagis), as reported by luscious lush Ludmilla Kolba (Barbara Ricci), who claims that she saw the man's gory remains stashed in the washing machine in the apartment that she shares with her two sisters, buxom call-girl Vida (Katarzyna Figura) and seductive cutie Maria (Ilaria Borrelli). Of course, by the time Stacev arrives at the girls' home, the body has disappeared, leaving the cop to believe that Ludmilla imagined everything, the hallucinations of an alcoholic. Ludmilla continues to press the cop to investigate, and not one to say no to a beautiful woman (or three), he does so, his police procedure involving having sex with all three Kolba sisters (not at the same time - he's not THAT lucky!).

Often, when a giallo goes down the sleazy route, there's some indication of the sordid content in the title: Strip Nude For Your Killer, Naked You Die, Perversion Story, French Sex Murders... you get the idea. Not so here... hidden behind a misleadingly innocuous title lies an endless procession of semi-clothed or naked babes, Deodato filling the screen with as much tempting female flesh as possible: barely a minute goes by without some kind of gratuitous nudity, whether it be from the three sisters, or one of the random strippers that plug the gaps. The film's twisty-turny plot is fairly routine for the genre, and there are no elaborately staged death scenes, so it's a real bonus that there's so much top-notch Italian totty on display, the raunchiness really helping to hold one's interest.

Towards the end of the film, Deodato throws in a wonderfully messy scene in which Vida hacks away at a mutilated corpse, shoving her hand inside to pull out its organs, which will go some way to satisfying gore-hounds, but this film is all about the sexiness, and in that it definitely succeeds.

7/10. Take it for a spin!
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Do your dirty laundry here, but remember to undress first!
Mazzarini22 October 2001
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.
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7/10
Superior Eurotrash from Ruggero Deodato!
The_Void25 May 2006
Ruggero Deodato is, of course, best known for the exploitation classic Cannibal Holocaust; but he's directed a few lesser known films that aren't too far behind in quality - and this stylish, sexy romp is certainly one of them! It's true that I like good sleaze more than most people, but I can honestly say that if you've been intrigued by Giallo's such as Silvio Amandio's Amuck or Luciano Ercoli's Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion, The Washing Machine is sure to delight! The focus with this film is purely on the sex scenes, and Deodato has managed to create a thriller that is surprisingly erotic, as he makes great use of his actress' assets! The film focuses on three sisters (intriguing enough on its own), who have to call the police when the body of a pimp named Yuri is found in their washing machine. However, when the inspector arrives, the body disappears - but this is a copper that doesn't let a case go easily, and after taking the decision to devote all of his free time to both the case and the three sisters in question, he soon finds himself a part of their sex games.

Given the plot and the fact that it stars three very sexy women, you would be forgiven for thinking that The Washing Machine is merely soft-core porn. Director Ruggero Deodato apparently said that he made this film purely for the money, but I find that hard to believe as great care and attention seems to have been put into the film. The lighting in many scenes is fantastic, while the score and lush Gothic locations enhance the surreal plot. Even the acting isn't bad, which is a huge rarity for Italian cinema. The three ladies make up the backbone of the film, and as you might expect; every scene that features them is a treat. The girls' look sexy whether they're dressed or not, and I'm pleased to say that all three of them spend more time in the latter state! The story plays second fiddle to the sex scenes, but it's admirable that a movie like this has a story at all. Deodato ensures that the movie flows well, and that there's always something of interest when none of the characters are having sex. Overall, The Washing Machine is extremely sleazy and surprisingly erotic; and while I may be praising it too highly, I've got to say that I really enjoyed the film and recommend it to anyone that likes their sleazy horror films!
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7/10
Dangerous women?
jjcescotto7 January 2008
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Pretty movie, remind me those old erotic-thrillers broadcast after 22h. But this is an Italian one. Strange, and furthermore : the director is Ruggero Deodato. The story and characters are strange and this could be a lame erotic-thriller, but it is strange enough to be just acceptable for some viewers or quite good for others.

Contains one of the best panties-shot of the soft-porn cinema (during the sequence in the museum). The picture quality is very sharp, very detailed and colourful, like many Italian movies. Like a Gucci ad, but fitted into a Ruggero Deodato erotic thriller. Terrific!

One of the actresses, I mean the baby-faced one, have one of the most beautiful face I've ever seen, because her character is strange, mysterious, and the french dubbing (bad, as usual in those movies) make her seem more strange than she is in the original version. All these small elements make me remind her even after a long time.

WARNING : SPOILERS down here

And the final shot : we see sometimes the evil women winning at the end of those movies (most of the times, men, after being mistreated along the movie, finally win), but in this one, four women are staring at the camera, with a final laughin' echoed, etc. OK, it's cliché, but I like it, it is so naive it becomes sincere, and thus, quite fascinating. Four gorgeous and mysterious women. I'd add it's quite a misogynistic ending, but I don't pay attention to this propaganda, I mean not in those lame kind of movies. Misoginy is very frequent in these, but if you can notice it and not pay attention to it, or even laughin' at it like at bad SPFX, it's OK, see it and you won't be afraid by real women in the reality (I'm not really jokin' sayin' that, 'cos I believed it was true when I was watching these kind of movies when I was 14 or so...). It's a good thing to prohibit these to young teens. I really think it. (I'm so glad to have discovered that women are not dangerous! Yeah!)
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7/10
Sublime to Ridiculous
grahamcarter-114 May 2017
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Ruggero Deodato was a late comer to the 'Giallo' genre with the half cooked 'Off Balance' (1988), deciding to make a move away from the shock tactic films he had made a name for himself with; namely 'Cannibal Holocaust' (1979) 'The House On The Edge Of The Park' (1980), and 'Cut And Run' (1985).

'The Washing Machine,' set in Budapest, begins with Vida and her businessman boyfriend Yuri arguing about an engagement ring he has given her (it has the wrong name on it), Vida is displaying an awesome amount of cleavage which forms a large part of the character she plays. That night, Ludmilla claims to have found Vida's boyfriend chopped up and stuffed inside her washing machine, and thus Police Inspector Stacev is called to the house of the three Kolba sisters; Vida, Ludmilla, and Maria.

Upon his arrival the body is gone without a trace and Ludmilla is accused by her siblings of being a drunkard with a far too lively an imagination. However it is obvious something happened, as individually they approach the inspector with strange tales of what happened that night. Resistant at first, he can't help himself from being drawn in as they one by one seduce him;

"Why do you think she spied on us, half naked, every time we came home… we could see her watching us, which only made it more exciting. We'd do things for her alone… That night we gave her quite a show… Does this excite you Inspector?"

Dialogue such as this lends the film a strange sort of eroticism (not Eros, not Mania, but I would say Ludus).

Of course the Inspector is caught in the 'eye of the storm' of the sisters' erotic games. This is too much for his partner Irina, who commits suicide after he opens a closet (literally) revealing his secret passion for sado-machosism. This suicide does not seem to trouble him though, actually the viewer becomes unsure if it actually happened, or if Irina just disappeared from the film.

The youngest sister Maria is in a favourite scene as a volunteer with the blind, she takes them on an outing to a museum. The scene becomes very 'black' as silently Maria and the Inspector 'make out' in full view, and the blind whose care she is charged with panic thinking she has left them stranded. A darkly humorous and erotically charged 'Giallo' sequence, that would be at home in the seventies heyday. This voyeurism is well served by Deodato's use of high angled shots looking either up or down on the action throughout the film. Deodato came late to the 'Giallo,' indeed waiting until the genre was passed its prime. In order to make a Dario Argento style film, Deodato involved people with 'Giallo' credentials. Cinematographer Sergio D'Offizi shot Lucio Fulci's 'Giallo' Don't Torture A Duckling (1972), and Argento collaborator Claudio Simonetti of 'Goblin' fame composed the score.

Short on strong 'Giallo' themes, like seeing and not seeing, the 'gaze,' (although strong on voyeurism), and not containing gender confusion (although strong on Ludus), the film is essentially an exercise in Argento style.
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10/10
Great vibes, moody soundtrack - such a treat!
pipeoxide30 December 2018
While certainly no cinematic chef d'oeuvre, VM is incredibly delicious -- a fog-covered, dimly-lit, erotically-charged work from one of my favorites, Ruggero Deodato. Deodato is an incredible (and incredibly underrated) director. The plot is silly, and there is plenty of cheese, but VM has aged well thanks to Deodato's skill in taking something straight out of Silk Stalkings and elevating it into an almost neo-giallo. Caroit is just right as the naive inspector, and that cast of ladies is juuuust right. VM is a mood film -- something you watch for pure escapism and to absorb the ambiance. It's style over substance here and that is perfectly fine. A sexy time capsule of aesethic pleasures.
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8/10
Beautiful Women Are Always Evil
chow91326 October 2012
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Beautiful Women Are Always Evil Hungary For Giallo horror? Well this time Italian horror is set in Budapest Hungary where our stereotypical handsome and naive police inspector responds to the apartment of three beautiful "sisters" complaining of their lover Yuri's mangled corpse in their washing machine.

By the time the police arrive the mangled corpse is gone, along with any trace of blood, causing serious doubt that it ever existed.

The gorgeous "sisters" look nothing alike and even imply themselves that they're not really related.

Despite that fact that no crime has been committed the three sisters relentlessly stalk and successfully seduce the inspector. Each trying to convince him another sister is guilty of Yuri's murder.

Since this is Giallo it's only predictable that all the sisters are psycho and merely manipulating the inspector. As the cover box confirms, the inspector is ultimately the one who ends up in the washing machine.

Sure the inspector losses his girlfriend, his job, and his life but I'm sure he died happy knowing it was all worth it for great sex with these sisters.

A must see for all Giallo fans. The photography is top notch, giving Budapest a cold blue feeling instead of the favish colors of Italy.

TONS of nudity, degenerate sex, and gore for Giallo fan service.

The two most noteworthy features of this film are Katarzyna Figura. She is super gorgeous in this film.
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8/10
carries on like a giallo
christopher-underwood25 April 2023
It is such a brilliant start with a wonderful dark and thrilling opening but it carries on like a giallo and three sexy sisters. But then it gets like a sick and twisted gem as we have the washing machine and a murder. At least I thing we have or maybe not. Philippe Caroit is usually on TV but is fine as the police detective and the sisters. I have to say that all the girls are amazing but it is Karia Borrelli who is the best one and the policeman likes her as well. In reality she is an actor and director having made A Girl From the Brothel (2012) as the writer, she directed and starred it looks really interesting. Also with this film there is as well a great soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti, the composer and keyboards player of Goblin having made many Argento films especially Suspira (1977). Ruggero Deodato, having made Last Cannibal World (1976), Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and House on the Edge of the Park (1980) this is not quite as brilliant as those but it is so much fun that we don't mind if it makes little sense, we like it anyway.
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