The Washing Machine (a/k/a Vortice Mortale)
Dir. Ruggero Deodato, 1993.
Italy, 86mins.
In English.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 - MIDNIGHT
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - 10PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - 7:30PM

Detective Stacev is called to investigate after three sisters discover a dismembered pimp in their washing machine. However, when the body goes missing, everyone’s a suspect. The detective puts it all on the line to untangle a web of secrets, seduction, and subterfuge or risks being left out to dry.

Don’t let the title fool you, THE WASHING MACHINE is not a killer appliance movie. Produced during the height of the erotic thriller boom of the late 80s and early 90s, THE WASHING MACHINE applies a typical giallo story to an erotic thriller framework. The result is a bizarre masterpiece dripping in questionable motivations, immoral characters, and insane twists. Accompanying the on-screen madness is an electrifying soundtrack by Goblin keyboardist, and longtime Deodato collaborator, Claudio Simonetti.