[6] In 1992, Newsom professed to have "slop-edited a version of the old show together using the original color footage, although the FX shots were still in black and white", stating "I wanted to see if it looked any good.

He explained that with such topics now being the subject of films with major budgets, the only low-budget genre filmmaking being produced is at the direct-to-video level, and expanded that "finding anything worthwhile in either camp has become an exceptional event".

After viewing it, the reviewer wrote that the film began "beyond cheesy and damn near annoying at first, but once I finally understood what the filmmakers were attempting to do, I just sat back, set my brain on coast, and enjoyed the ride".

He enjoyed that the acting was "intentionally atrocious", the monster "unbelievably ludicrous", the plotline and story "full-blown stupidity at its finest", and the use of nudity "relentlessly gratuitous", writing, "you can't help but take pleasure in watching the brilliantly calculated cinematic train wreck.

[5] Stuart Galbraith IV of DVD Talk had a small role in the film, writing, "The project began around 1983–84, and was still shooting as late as 1998 or '99, when this reviewer was enthusiastically recruited for a bit part."

In reviewing the completed project in 2006, he shared instances where science-fiction and horror films of the '50s and '60s had been the target for satire and parody by "neophyte directors", and wrote, "Rarely are these misbegotten projects made by filmmakers who actually like or understand the nature of the films they're sending up, and rarer still are they actually funny, striking that delicate balance between an affection for the genre with a recognition of its sometimes silly clichés and successfully translating this into humor."

He concluded by writing that the film "would probably play a lot better cut even tighter, say trimmed of another 15 minutes or so," as "The style of humor tends to tax the viewer after an hour, and the climax drags on much longer than it should.

Also included is a gallery of film stills, six minutes of deleted scenes, a brief video documentary, and a 16-minute interview with Kenneth Tobey with Dr. Franklin Ruehl.