 In the years following its release, "Alice, Sweet Alice" garnered a reputation as a cult film.On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, "Alice, Sweet Alice" holds an 82% approval rating based on 11 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.18/10.Patrick Legare of AllMovie called the film an "eerie, effective chiller," praising the film's cinematography, and awarding it four-and-a-half out of five stars, while "TV Guide" praised it as "an excellent low-budget horror film from director Sole, whose impressive grasp of filmmaking technique and eye for the grotesque keeps the viewer on edge throughout the movie."