While there is no rape or mention of rape in the film, some of the violence is purposefully erotic. In particular, the first murder scene (10-15 minutes into the film) is very intense and may be taken to invoke the imagery of rape. The woman's head is grabbed by the murderer and her face pressed against the window, close to the murderer's body. She is then stabbed multiple times through the chest: we see a lot of close ups of the knife entering her body. He continues to stab her while she is lying on the floor, and attaches a cord to her waist, which makes her body shake and convulse. Then we see a close up of her being stabbed directly in her now exposed heart: this looks a lot like non-consensual sexual penetration. She is then hung, and lines of blood drip down her legs from under her dress.