Times called the film "just another sickening, numbskull movie that hypocritically exploits extreme violence against women while purportedly protesting it." The Austin American-Statesmans Patrick Taggart deemed it "mainly a celebration of violence... there's no warmth here, nor any truly sympathetic characters." Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote, "You're not just sorry you came to a movie like this; you feel saddened and troubled that it even exists, that somebody saw a few more quick bucks in such a tired, ritualized and malicious formula." Geoff Brown of The Monthly Film Bulletin called it a "lamentable shocker," with the writer and director "charging like bulls through a script ridden with implausibilities." Bill Cosford of the Miami Herald awarded the film a one-star out of four-star rating, citing plot inconsistencies as a major fault. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 14%, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. Home media The film was released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment in April 2006. It was re-released by Scream Factory, along with Bad Dreams (1988)—another hospital-set horror film—as a double feature DVD on September 13, 2011, with a Blu-ray edition following on February 18, 2014. See also List of films featuring home invasions References Sources External links 1982 films 1982 horror films 1980s feminist films 1980s psychological thriller films 1980s slasher films Canadian slasher films English-language Canadian films Canadian serial killer films Films about domestic violence Films directed by Jean-Claude Lord Films shot in Montreal Films set in hospitals Video nasties 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films