 Film Festivals.Smith called it a "macabre feast for the eyes" that evokes the works of Lemony Snicket, while Fellerath likened the film's "interplay of music, images, and the imagination" to "Corpse Bride" and "The Triplets of Belleville".Irene Gallo of Tor.com wrote that, although the film makes use of CGI, it still manages to exude "all the decay and style" associated with stop motion animation.