[2] Simon described the film as a "way to sneak a history lesson in to young people who love horror movies.

[3] "GM" of Time Out described the film as a "thorough, intelligent and stylish study of the superior brand of horror movies that emerged from America in the late '60s and '70s."

"[5] The review concluded that the documentary "offers an appealing mixture of meticulous research, historical anecdote, and twisted humor.

"[5] Eddie Cockrell of Variety found that "Simon infuses pic with the same nervous enthusiasm displayed by the genre’s fans" as well as that "the sheer ambition of docu’s structure is also its downfall.

Arbitrary and too-cute title cards (“Home Is Where the Hearts Are,” “Staying Alive”) butt up against inconsistent year markers, with pic losing much of its head after about an hour.