Sify's Moviebuzz rated it average calling it a "decent psychological thriller."

I think you humans would call it an 'erotic thriller.'

I would call it a paranoid thriller, not a political thriller.

The New York Post called it a "gripping and stylish thriller".

Stephen White also commented, calling Tripwire a "stylish thriller."

Publishers Weekly called it a "thriller"and "will hold fans from first page to last."

In 1957 our reviewer, Anthony Boucher, called this a "magnificent thriller."

He called it a good tight thriller that provides first-rate armchair excitement with a tension that doesn't let up until the last page.

While examining this, I spotted a songbird, a type they call a "thriller"-found in the desert-and brought him down.

L'Express gave the film one star out of four calling it a "predictable thriller".