The last murder is the office manager (played by a young Jeanne Tripplehorn), who awakens in the basement, surrounded by dismembered bodies, after being knocked out by Dorine on a lunch date.

Office Killer was one in a planned series of low-budget horror movies by veteran indie producer Christine Vachon, with these films being intended to have budgets of around $300,000.

[3] Stephen Holden of The New York Times claimed in December 1997 that the film included "a nasty caricature of Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington".

"[1] In 1999, Mike Emery of The Austin Chronicle also had a mixed review, writing "perhaps Sherman should have concentrated on the realistic terror of staff meetings, 'casual day', and the office lunch room.

"[5] AllMovie's Mark Deming gave it two and a half out of five stars, writing "where Wes Craven's Scream ridiculed slasher flick clichés in a way that appealed to hip, seen-it-all youngsters, Sherman's angle is more subversive as she seeks to uncover the serial killer lurking inside the meek, the dispirited, and the neglected amongst us.