Reception
The film earned a respectable $23,371,905 at the US box office. It was the third highest grossing horror film of 1981 and the 34th highest grosser of the year.
Critical reception was mixed upon release. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 36% "rotten" rating. Roger Ebert gave it a positive review, praising the performances and considering it an improvement on Straub's novel. In The New York Times, Vincent Canby had the opposite view, also praising the performances but feeling that the movie oversimplified Straub's story and themes.
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