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Sex & Nudity
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- 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
Violence & Gore
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- 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
Profanity
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- Some mild language. One use of the word "bitch"
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- 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
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- 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
