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Deadly Blessing

Deadly Blessing. Wes Craven, 1981.
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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2013. English language. Runtime approximately 98 minutes.

Summary: Dog and snake victims of human attacks.

Details:
1) A woman carries two dead chickens by their feet as background agrarian scene-setting, 32:05-32:08. Completely unnecessary, see also Bandolero!
2) A German Shepherd is sprayed with mace after it lunges at a woman, 37:52-37:56. The dog runs off into the woods.
3) A bloody section of a poisonous snake is shown sinking into a bathtub after it has been bludgeoned to death off screen, 57:21-57:30.

Deadly Blessing is a key title in the 1980s bubble of Amishploitation films.