jason buchanan from allmovie praised the film, calling it "one of the most underappreciated low-budget horror films of the 1970s". in his review on the film, buchanan commended the film's atmosphere, score, conners' performance, and unsettling use of sound and imagery; comparing it to tobe hooper's "the texas chain saw massacre". "tv guide" awarded the film two out of four stars, calling it a "bizarre, eerie shocker."