[7] In his book This Music Leaves Stains: The Complete Story of the Misfits, author James Greene, Jr. called the song a "thrashing delight" and "a twisted love letter", writing: "Danzig imbues so much passion into this performance [...] that one tends to forget the startling reality of his words".
[8] In his book The Complete Misfits Discography, author Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter called it a "joyous ode to decapitation, and the perp's collection of the gruesome remnant, kind of like a punk-rock Predator.
"[1] Andy Biersack, lead vocalist for the rock band Black Veil Brides, listed "Skulls" as being among his favorite Misfits songs.
[9] The Lemonheads recorded a "sensitive, folky"[10] acoustic cover of the song on Favorite Spanish Dishes.
Duster recorded a slower version of the song, although it never saw release on a studio album.