No physical scenes of sex or nudity, however, a man and woman kiss on occasions, and a married couple who appear to be within an open marriage, often flirt with other people.

Some brief references to sex

A woman's head is bashed twice with a large rock

A woman is killed when she receives a strong blow with a shovel

A woman attempts to kill a labrador retriever dog on occasions when it continues to appear in her garden; first throwing stones, then attempting to bash it with a large wooden stick, and finally throwing a vase at it, missing her aim

A woman throws hot milk over another woman

Two women get into a fight, with one hurling a wheelchair at the other then, then attempting to bash her with a small statue.

A woman begins to strangle another woman with a telephone cord during a scuffle and then repeatedly bashes her over the head with the phone receiver until she is knocked unconscious

Some mild language. One use of the word "bitch"

The lead female character smokes cigarettes. Other characters are seen smoking cigarettes, including a child

Some occasional alcohol consumption

Two characters are drugged with sleeping tablets

The theme of the film is that a woman murders her unsuspecting housekeepers in order to obtain their life savings as she is determined to maintain her extravagant life style and then buries their bodies beneath her newly-planted pine trees in the garden

Scenes can be quite frightening and intense as the woman appears to be unhinged; she often lets out a cold, callous laugh following each murder and shows no mercy to either an animal or a child

In addition to violently murdering her housekeepers and attacking a dog, she kills her final housekeeper by letting her drown in the passenger seat of her car as it is intentionally led into a secluded lake. She then attempts to kill a young woman and the woman's nephew by serving them drugged eggnog and setting their house on fire, with them inside

The eerie music in the film adds to its intensity