The film has an 85% rating on
Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews. Meagan Navarro of
Bloody Disgusting awarded the film two and a half "skulls" out of five. Mary Beth McAndrews of
Dread Central awarded the film three and a half stars out of five. Ben Kenigsberg of
The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But none of how
Matriarch resolves is particularly scary or surprising. The finale — filled with dark, barely legible imagery — is a letdown both visually and dramatically." Noel Murray of the
Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Steiner’s film shrewdly shifts back and forth between the real physical threat of dark supernatural forces and the more elusive harm done by a lifetime of bad parenting." Martin Unnsworth of
Starburst also gave the film a positive review, calling it "a slowly simmering powder keg of a film that mixes relatable human drama with a portion of
Cronenberg mixed with a soupçon of
The Devils." ==References==