Jesús Palacios of
Fotogramas rated the film with 4 out of 5 stars, writing that it presents a "schizophrenic exercise in the love of evil, of villains torn between reason and irrational murderous madness, of scapegoats and moral and social dilemmas", praising its boldness while negatively pointing out at its "rather soft" ending. Marta Medina of
El Confidencial also gave it 4 out of 5 stars, considering that the film brings together almost all the obsessions hallmark to De la Iglesia's films. Reviewing for
Cinemanía, Miguel Ángel Romero gave it 4 out of 5 stars, underscoring
Venicephrenia to be a story of "tourism-phobia and murder in a rundown Venice." Oti Rodríguez Marchante of
ABC scored 2 out of 5 stars, assessing that De la Iglesia and Guerricaechevarría managed that their story do not say much, which is what it is all about, and that its characters are tiresome and stupid enough that any violence inflicted on them becomes normal and bearable to the viewer. Raquel Hernández Luján of
HobbyConsolas scored 60 out of 100 points ('acceptable'), deeming the film to be an "imperfect slasher" displaying a message denouncing mass tourism that fails at making viewers empathise with the protagonists. == See also ==