"Svenska Dagbladet" gave the film a 3/6 score and praise the cinematography and special effects. "Aftonbladet" gave it a 3/5 score, calling it an enjoyable horror film. Expressen panned the film, calling it "a meaningless splatterfilm". Swedish film site Moviemix gave the film a 5/6, but said the film did not deliver the splatter climax he wanted at the end. A reviewer for the site "Film Threat" wrote, "Ever since "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Scream" infiltrated the fear-film genre, something's been rotten in Transylvania. Playing horror for winking insider references and juvenile giggles, any real juice has been extracted from the cutting-edge school of cinema that spawned "Re-Animator", "Dead Alive", and "Evil Dead", three brilliant examples of horror that combined ferocious splatter with truly inspired humor. In comparison, "Frostbite" is too little, too late." "Göteborgs Posten" gave the film another 3/5 score. as did "Cinema" and complained over the lack of a true character to the film. "Film Forum" on the other hand gave it a 4/5 score and cited it as a fresh.