There's a large painting of a topless lady that's on screen for about a full minute.

There is one scene where a man unbuttons a woman's blouse and exposes a cross. However he's obviously looking at more than the cross and it almost seems as if his hand almost caresses in between her breast (no breast are shown).

A woman is branded by a hot pole.

A bat is beaten to death. No blood.

Decomposing corpses can be seen.

Two dogs are found bleeding to death.

A man is strangled to death with rope. His body is later found hanging.

A corpse is stabbed through the eye with a crucifix. Blood is quickly seen spraying.

A man is thrown into a fireplace. His face is shown graphically melting in closeup.

A spiked mask is forced onto a woman's head, before it's pressed down with a hammer. Blood spurts out from behind the mask.

The film's gothic architecture, age, eerie music, and occasionally shocking violence all contribute to an uneasy atmosphere.