internally screaming because i got to finally watch this iconic horror-whodunnit classic. i like how self-aware this film is for they really acknowledgd and incorporated several horror tropes and cliches into the movie per se. performance by matthew lillard is quite noteworthy, especially at the end. plot twists are okay as well, even though i kind of anticipated from the start who the killer would be. there were also aspects that are—to some degree—personally icky to me, like the chasing scenes, action sequence, and the score. in spite of these, it's still unarguably a significant textbook for the world of modern horror cinema.