Reception
The film received generally positive reviews. The film currently has a 63% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
The film was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills.
English film critic Mark Kermode opined that while the film is shoddily made, its subject matter "horrible, grim, and nasty," and its perceived notion that "violence begets violence" comes off as "obnoxious," it stands as a "very, very important work in the evolution of American horror cinema" because of the events influencing and surrounding its creation and release, namely television footage of the Vietnam War.
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