"Horror works best in short, bloody spurts. The longer, more bloated, and drawn out it becomes, the more the terror shifts from the savagery of shrapnel to the dull, vaguely creepy boredom of taking a 10-hour road trip in the creepy car from the Munsters. So, anthology films like The Theatre Bizarre—which features punchy short films from some of horror's finest underground filmmakers—are frequently worth a look, even if the quality is occasionally uneven [...] The films cover a full range of horror themes and styles, which provides welcome variety but naturally makes it difficult for The Theatre Bizarre to create a cohesive tone. But that's not the goal here. Instead, we have a sampler featuring quick bursts of sharp edges, providing a largely effective and entertaining primer into the horror underground." - Al Kratina, Montreal Gazette