"Mulcahy also takes a page out of Spielberg's playbook by keeping his monster on the edge of the frame, empowering the beast with a near-mythic quality, and it doesn't hurt that when we are given a good look at the titular terror, the results are impressively authentic (courtesy of designer Bob McCarron). The slaughterhouse finale, with its crackling sparks and grime-covered machinery, delivers the final reel shocks and splatter we deserve without compromising any of the well-grounded work that has gone before." - Horror 101 with Dr. AC