Mario Bava
Tim Lucas, author of the critical biography "Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark", calls the film "an exceptional work in the distinguished career of Mario Bava" and states that "Rabid Dogs" is to Bava's career what "Detour" (1945) is to the filmography of Edgar G. Ulmer, a minimalist noir masterpiece that shows how much drama he was capable of conjuring onscreen with little or no means."