The horror site Eatmybrains.com gave it 4/5 stars and comments: ""Banke’s film exhibits a laid back, droll sensibility perfectly in keeping with its national temperament, and has a unique deadpan sense of the comedic that perfectly complements the material without cheapening it"". Film4 gave the film 3.5/5, saying that the wartime neutrality of Sweden theme and anxieties about migration (Becket dishonestly sneaking into Sweden and creating a master race) made the reviewer uncomfortable and it took away some of the fun. Most critics praised Emma Åberg's performance as Vega, saying that she stole every scene she was in. Jonas Karlström also received praise for his part as the unfortunate intern Sebastian and mentioned the scene where the newly vampiric Sebastian meet Cornelia's priest father and is served garlic-braised trout as one of the film's strongest and funniest moments. "Frostbiten" won the best film award at Fantasporto and collected the several awards at Screamfest. Snarkerati ranked this "Frostbite" as the 43rd best vampire film based on critic rating statistics and on December 26, 2012 IMDb listed Frostbite as the fourth most popular Swedish horror title. The title is an obvious play on frostbite, because the movie takes place in a frozen environment and has vampires who bite people in it. The original title was "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (a phrase from William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and also the title of Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel and its 1983 film adaptation). The producers liked the title "Frostbiten" more since it was more international, and by just cutting the last letter they had an English title. Teasers and trailers on film festivals therefore wore the name "Frostbite". However, it was only called "Frostbite" in the United Kingdom. In the United States the movie is called "Frostbitten", the exact translation of the original title. "Frostbiten" is Sweden's first vampire movie (unless you consider Ingmar Bergman's Hour of the Wolf to count). In an analysis of Swedish genre films such as "Storm" (2005; Swedish title: "Tempestade") and "Kenny Begins" (2009) by Dan Sjöström, "Frosbite" is discussed in detail. He describes the vampires of "Frostbite" as representing several different types appearing in the genre; Beckert is in one way the stereotypical mad scientist, but is also a loner vampire in the style of "Nosferatu", residing in his castle (in this case the rundown town hospital).