The film initially opened to hostile, unsympathetic, negative or indifferent critical reviews (it was criticized for being boring and lacking in imagination), and 19 minutes were cut from he film after premieres in Washington, New York, and Los Angeles.Alice and Bill went to investigate Brenda""s whereabouts, and only found a bloody axe in her bed (Alice: "What is going on?").But the original print of the film has been lost forever, although there have been repeated rumors of its existence.]Fed up with Minnie""s noisy contentiousness about everything, the Burgomaster finally tells her: "Oh, shut up!"Hans (Reginald Barlow), the peasant father of the little girl the monster accidentally drowned, and his wife (Mary Gordon) linger at the site.