 Michael Barrett of "PopMatters" rated the film a mixed score of five out of ten stars.In his review, Barrett pointed out that the film's title monster as the film's major fault, stating that special effects used to for the monster were ineffective and of poor quality, and the final explanation of the family "curse" was unsatisfactory.TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, stating that while the film contained effectively "eerie atmosphere" and great location work, it was still just a knock off of Universal's "Wolf Man".