TV Guide awarded the film 2/4 stars, criticizing Gummersall's performance and its special effects, calling them "goofy". Steve Van Pelt from "Filmthreat.com" gave the film 1/4 stars stating, "Not a single one of those powerful filmmakers out there could come up with an original idea if it bit into them with the inch-long fangs of an engineered Super Spider". G. Noel Gross from DVD Talk rated the film two and a half out of five stars, criticizing the film's slow start, and uneven execution, but also stated that the film was the better entry in the series, and special effects.