 The iconic image for the film shows a "cannibal" girl impaled on a  stick. Upon being summoned to court in order to assert that no  actors were harmed during production, Deodato explained that the  girl simply sat on a bicycle seat attached to the poles base, while  holding a small pointed balsa wood piece in her mouth. The fake  blood was then added. Deodato commented that the girl had an  unusually calm temperament to be able to remain so still during the  filming.