| nudity | The main character is a rapist and one of the movie's major themes is the "continuity of the blood". That being said, no explicit nudity is shown. |
| violence | Strong violence throughout the picture. Coffin Joe starts a bar fight by stabbing a man's hand with a fork. The latter's friend tries to confront Joe, but gets beaten up and whipped repeatedly. Coffin Joe kills a woman by letting a spider bite her. Coffin Joe knocks out a man with a bar, then drowns him. Coffin Joe beats up a woman savagely and rapes her. A canary dies off-screen. A woman commits suicide and is seen hanging from the ceiling. In the movie's most graphic scene, Coffin Joe stabs a man's eyes with his fingers and then sets him on fire. Coffin Joe smashes a crown of thorns into a man's face. Blood is shown. Two dead bodies are revealed, in a very gruesome fashion. In the movie's finale, Coffin Joe is seen lying on the ground with his face horribly disfigured. He survives, as we find out in the sequel. |
| profanity | None. |
| alcohol | Coffin Joe is often seen smoking a pipe. Some characters drink. |
| frightening | Despite the low budget, the entire movie is very intense, especially the last scene. Not for kids under 15. |
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