The victims, usually students, are being strangled with a particularly grisly weapon while making love.
If anyone in North America is going to know anything about anime, they'll know about this show, as it's probably the most recognizable mainstream anime title of them all.
The 'cockpit' was full of calligraphy and formed of long semi hexagonal tubes.
About the only hint at reflexive comedy is the opening shot featuring an owl, a wallaby and a spider, followed by blood dripping off a crucifix later Oz exercises in horror like Cut or Cubbyhouse had no excuse at all for being terrible and terribly unaware of the genre.