DVD Talk reviewer Glenn Erickson noted that "the generation of baby boomers who grew up watching 'Creature Feature' movies on television has become a substantial fan base and the audience for all manner of nostalgic movie fare, most of it terrible". He explained that with such topics now being the subject of films with major budgets, the only low-budget genre filmmaking being produced is at the direct-to-video level, and expanded that "finding anything worthwhile in either camp has become an exceptional event". He noted that being assembled by genre enthusiasts, "The Naked Monster" has an "amusing point of view", and that while it is "Nobody's idea of quality moviemaking, is good fun for the undemanding monster fan" which "follows the tradition of John Landis' "Schlock"", but "accelerated with non-stop jokes in the manner of "Airplane!"". He clarified that while the jokes are not all funny, "most of the nonsense makes one smile and the occasional mismatched cutaway or individual gag is especially funny", making special note that the film's humor is "fine-tuned to the movie memories of the film's intended audience".