The film's narrative is structured around the execution of victims representing each of the sins. The murders are often described as "psychological violence" because the film rarely shows the act of killing, instead forcing the audience to imagine the horror through the disturbing crime scenes [1, 18]:
: A victim tied to a bed and kept alive in a vegetative state for a year [13, 18]. Seven: Se7en
: Specifically Inferno and Purgatorio , which detail the punishments for the seven deadly sins [6, 15]. The film's narrative is structured around the execution
: To achieve the film's grimy, "dank" look, cinematographer Darius Khondji used a chemical process called bleach bypass on the film stock to deepen the blacks and desaturate the colors [1]. : To achieve the film's grimy, "dank" look,
: Cited for the quote, "Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light," left at the Gluttony scene [6, 7, 25].
: A graphic scenario involving a blade-tipped prosthetic [13].