GRADE: A
"the scariest and creepiest episode of FEAR ITSELF of the season.
Helped by a simply amazing score"
— Peter Brown, IFMAGA ZINE

GRADE: A
"painfully tense ... expertly paced ... the feeling of dread rarely lets up"
— Zack Handlen, THE ONION AV CLUB

"Fessenden has finally made his Scary Picture. It's a doozey."
— Greg Lamberson, FEAR ZONE

I'd rank alongside the final chapter of Trilogy of Terror as
one of the scariest things ever made for television. None of the others can match it...
Gregory Burkart, FEARNET

"What makes this episode really work is the incredible Doug Jones....
He shifts effortlessly between creepy, scary and physically imposing, transforming himself from the inside out"
— Jay Alvino, ICONS OF FRIGHT

"Doug Jones simply rules. He's become one of the most interesting physical presences in film"
— Brian Tallerico, THE DEADBOLT

"the make-up on Doug Jones was just astounding ... John Pyper-Ferguson as his brother and Molly Hagan
as his wife are just as integral to the effectiveness of the story and the emotional power...
an excellent little horror yarn"
— Jason Hughes, TV SQUAD

"as nasty as anything seen on this series."
— Michael Gingold, FANGORIA

"Leave it to Larry Fessenden to finally overcome the restrictions
of form and content that have shackled virtually every other director who's contributed to Fear Itself...
"Skin and Bones" looks like a real movie, with careful attention to light and sound and a creative use of the frame...
Val Lewton would've been impressed with the literary ambitions within the b-horror framework...
"Skin and Bones" is justification for the entire Fear Itself series.
— Brian Holcomb, SLANT