Dr. Bannister (Magda Konopka), an ugly and disfigured woman, is summoned by a colleague of hers who has recently discovered a serum for rejuvenating living beings.

[1] Film critic and historian Roberto Curti described the box office as being "moderately successful" in Italy.

[4] The film was released on DVD by Retromedia and also part of Image Entertainment's "Euro Fiends from Beyond the Grave" compilation along with The Faceless Monster and The Red Headed Corpse.

[6] From retrospective reviews, Roberto Curti noted the film was "perhaps the most disappointing of the flicks based on the fumetti neri phenomenon.

"[4] Curti found the film to be poorly scripted and paced and criticized the weak acting performance by Magda Konopka.