Tony Sokol from Den of Geek thought that the episode was not as good as other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes. He said that the episode had some of the scariest characters (for example, Cthulhu, the dinosaurs) but there was not enough humor in the episode. Dennis Perkins from "The A.V. Club" said that they might have to stop making "Treehouse of Horror" episodes because it stopped being good. Jess Scheden from IGN thoguht that the writers of the episode were not trying to get success from making parodies of horror. Scheden said that the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes could be better if they had a different style (for example, the episode being an hour instead of 30 minutes, only one story instead of three).