 This film was well remembered by horror and thriller fans from this  period. The massive advertising campaign generated huge ticket sales  and a high number of holdover dates. But, according to  Joseph E. Levine (qv), the film was a failure in the U.S. He  claimed, "We dropped dead in every one! Youd think somewhere, a  small town maybe, someplace, it would have done business. But no.  Thats a record theyll never come close to."