When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Well it's not exactly dead at this moment but at 00:16:37, when Maddie hears a strange noise, she opens the closet door and there's some kind of animal - dog/cat/? - that's very obviously not well and it's obviously in some kind of paid. It's a short view but long enough and gruesome enough to definitely avoid. It's visual and aural.
There is a very horrific scene where a cat is in a cupboard/closet, and it's obvious that it's dying of starvation and neglect. It's gruesome and awful. Later on, it's confirmed that the cat did die in an offhand comment. [SPOILER]
When you get to the scene where Mattie is in Josh's apartment, and he tells her to stay there, the cat scene is next. (You can also hear a soft mewing sound.)
no, but the only black characters are on screen for about five minutes each before dying. both seemingly get dropped from the movie for long lengths of time and then come back for very short scenes where they either die/become the next victim. technically the boyfriend dies first but stone may as well have been the first to die