Critical Reception
Film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a mixed review, and wrote, "Since it was a cut-up and cobbled together rush job, it turns out better than expected; even though it drags its feet through most of the voyage, it still manages to deliver some chills come climax time."
Critic Richard Scheib liked the film's atmospherics and wrote, "Curtis Harrington constantly aims for an atmosphere of otherworldly weirdness. He is considerably aided by the spookily unearthly presence of the green-skinned Florence Marly. There is a real jolt to the scene where Marly turns into the camera from drinking from Dennis Hopper with her eyes glowing, and an incredibly eerie scene where she advances on Robert Boon, appearing and suddenly vanishing in a darkened corridor. Vilis Lapenieks’s gaudy Technicolor photography exploits Marly’s green skin makeup job for all it can."
Director Curtis Harrington felt Ridley Scott's original Alien (1979) must have got some inspiration from Queen of Blood, saying "Ridley's film is like a greatly enhanced, expensive and elaborate version of Queen of Blood.
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