The Washing Machine (Italian: Vortice Mortale) is a 1993 giallo film directed by Ruggero Deodato.

Vida broke up with her boyfriend, mob boss Yuri Petkov, after finding he engraved a bracelet with Maria's nickname "Sissy".

Late at night, Ludmilla sees the washing machine running, with blood pouring out the door.

Maria succeeds in seducing Stacev, especially during a seminar she and her girlfriend hold for blind students, making out with Staceb while playing with how Nidaya can't see them.

She pleads she'll kill herself without him, but he throws her to floor, and while he takes a shower, Irina shoots herself with his service pistol he left out by mistake.

He has horrid dreams where he sees visions of Vida hacking up Yuri's remains with a cleaver, while the sisters laugh.

Stacev finds out a suitcase of jewels and cash were meant for the sisters, and when he discovers it, he keeps it at his apartment until he can gather evidence of Yuri's murder.

When Maria doesn't get the call she needs from Stacev so she can leave, whe realize why not: his dead, dismembered remains are in the washing machine.

Yuri threatens to kill Maria if she doesn't agree to be a part of the family, and as insurance, the five take a group photo with Stacev still in the washer.

But shortly thereafter, to avenge herself and Stacev, Maris throws an iron into Yuri's running bath and electrocuted him to death.

"[6] In another interview, Deodato described the film as "interesting" and that it was an "erotic-giallo, with a horror tinge to it" and having a Rashomon-theme throughout with characters having different points of view.