In contemporary reviews, The "Monthly Film Bulletin" reviewed the 77-minutes English-dubbed version titled "Night is the Phantom" in 1965. The review referred to the film as "slow, repetitive, verging on parody" and that either "censor or distributor cuts have rendered much of the plot incomprehensible, thought one doubts if it ever made sense entirely." The review compared the film to other genre films of the era, calling it "another of Italy's prankish simulations of British horror movie" as well as stating that "Mario Bava copies Freda almost slavishly" but "still pulls off some arresting pictorial compositions". "Hogg." of "Variety" noted that "for sophisitcated audiences, the gothic-novel atmosphere and trappings of secret passages, muddy footprints from the crypt and ghost lover, probably will draw more laughs than gasps. But genuine suspense is maintained throughout." The review commented on the technical elements of the film, stating "superb" cinematography but that the script had "many preposterous lines, and is far to cluttered with cliches such as screams in the night, hurried chases and mystery lights in the crypt."