Her Name Was Lisa has been generally well received. Writing for Blu-ray.com, Brian Orndorf was mixed on the film, saying the film "[wins] points for a decidedly morose tone... but here, [Watkins] just comes off as angry, bothered that sexual activity is interfering with his display of rage". In 1999, the film was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame."The XRCO Hall of Fame", Adam Film World Guide 2000 Directory of Adult Films, p. 285
