Scenes of Corporal Mortification?

The film contains violence including brutal murders, crude language, irreverent underpinning, rear male nudity, scenes of corporal mortification, a fleeting hint of prostitution, and a glimpse of ritualistic sex.

Does anyone else find it strange that corporal mortification is mixed in with this lot of immoral acts? Perhaps if the corporal mortifications were excessive...and if so, perhaps the review should have stated it as excessive. But, as it is, it sounds as if corporal mortification is a bad thing...Maybe it's just my suspicion of CNS movie reviews.