 Dave Kehr of "The New York Times" gave the film a positive review stating, "As in his previous films, Mr. Fessenden carefully blurs the line between psychology and the supernatural, suggesting that each is strongly implicated in the other.The rampaging Wendigo may be a manifestation of Miles's incipient Oedipal rage, but at the same time it is a force embedded in nature and history.Such abstract notions may put off fans of the genre in its most elemental, slice- and-dice form.