A man and a woman kiss and undress each other. His bare hip and partial rear is visible in close-up, as are her bare breasts and hip, though briefly. both are seen nude only in close-ups, and are using a body doubles.

A nude man and a woman shower together behind opaque glass. Little nudity is shown.

There are many supposedly freak/questionable, but fatal occurrences all caused by the dog. There is not much gore, but the death scenes are disturbing.

The film opens with a brutal dog attack.

A man is struck by a car, and lies in the street bleeding from the head.

A woman is electrocuted while in the bath.

A man is strangled by a leash as he naps against a tree. The dog circles the tree, winding the leash around the man's neck.

A man is given a glass of tonic to which the dog has added lye powder. After drinking, he gags and chokes while bloody foam leaks from his mouth.

A woman lures a dog over the edge of a cliff by throwing a frisbee. The dog's bloody body is seen halfway down cliff.

The final scene loops back to the opening of the movie as a woman is being savaged by the dog, much less intense this time around.

A few uses of mild profanities only, including "shit" and "damn".

Cigarette smoking and social drinking in a couple of scenes.

Each of the death scenes is intense and frightening.

Ambulances and police officers respond to each incident.

The main character reacts to each death with intense emotional displays.

A woman's corpse is seen a casket at a funeral.

The members of a dysfunctional family speak disrespectfully to and about each other at the aforementioned funeral.

There are flashes of violent and frightening images that occur unexpectedly at various points of the film.

The dog disrupts the breaker box causing a housewide blackout, but the problem is resolved without incident.

A woman uses a dog as an instrument of vengeance via a tag engraved with a Pentagram, suggesting occult/Satanic involvement. The dog then carries out the woman's wishes, killing off members of her family, persons close to them, and any who interfere.