The film is noted for an "oddly surreal feel" because the rest of the town seems strangely unbothered by the string of deaths.
Many critics found the plot straightforward and the killer's identity easy to guess.
Reviewers generally view the film as a standard, "bingeable" TV mystery that leans heavily into genre tropes.
While some called it "boring and stupid", others enjoyed it as a "classic" Lifetime thriller that is "well worth watching" for fans of over-the-top high school drama.