gave the film a positive review, stating that the film "goes toe to toe with Doris Wishman's A Night to Dismember as one of the most disconnected and impressive low budget horror films of all time." Ain't It Cool News liked the film, calling it "a nightmarish dream existence", and compared the film's oddness to Quentin Dupieux's Rubber. John Staton of StarNews referred to the film as an utterly enjoyable "Z-grade horror movie"; highlighting its acting, premise, story line, special effects, as comparable to camp classics like Troll 2, and Plan 9 from Outer Space. HorrorNews.net gave the film a negative review, calling it "curious but nothing more than the kind of film that you'd see lumped together on a budget 50-title film set". Adam Tyner from DVD Talk criticized the film's erratic pacing, and minimal characterization. Tyner also wrote, "On the other hand, Death Bed wields a strange and unique charm that kept entrancing me even when I was bored stiff. I'll always take an interesting failure over some uninspired, by-the-numbers horror flick." Legacy Death Bed has gained a minor cult following over the years and is now considered a cult classic. Death Bed has been included in multiple lists at various media outlets. In 2014, Paste Magazine ranked the film at #92 in its The 100 Best "B Movies" of All Time, summarizing, "This is one of those great, lost films that finally found its way onto DVD a few years ago and was embraced by bad movie lovers around the world." PopMatters placed the film at #2 in their list of The 10 Weirdest Horror Movies of All Time, calling it "too insane for words". In October 2014, a stage adaptation by playwright Gwenyfar Rohler was held at the Halloween Horror Theatre Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina. Comedian Patton Oswalt included a routine about the film on his 2007 album Werewolves and Lollipops, in which he mistakenly refers to the film as Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People. References Sources External links Death Bed - OffScreen 1977 films 1977 directorial debut films 1977 horror films 1977 independent films American avant-garde and experimental films American exploitation films American independent films American monster movies American supernatural horror films Demons in film Films about nightmares Films about spirit possession Films set in 1897 Films shot in Detroit Folk horror films Rediscovered American films Surrealist films 1970s American films 1970s