In a contemporary review of the American International Picture's edit, "The Globe and Mail" stated that "The Drop of Water" and "The Telephone" were "a good deal more sophisticated than usual horror fare" while "The Wurdulak" "bears no trace of manner of directing" and that the acting was "rudimentary". "The Boston Globe" gave the film a negative review, referring to the "Black Sabbath" as "three short films botched together". The "Monthly Film Bulletin" stated that "the eeriest thing about the picture is its decor (especially the heavy, dusty interiors of [The Drop of Water" while noting the "acting is very unstylish and made worse by dubbing". The review stated that Bava could "do better than this with less obvious material" and that he seemed "determined to spell everything out with a sudden zoom shots and shock cuts."