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.

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.

None.

Coffin Joe is often seen smoking a pipe. Some characters drink.

Despite the low budget, the entire movie is very intense, especially the last scene.