I remember this well. Movie scared the crap out of me. I think you had to be in the right mindset because reactions to it were extreme. Viewers either found it the scariest filmgoing experience ever, or the dumbest.
My vote goes with dumbest. Wasn’t about to spend money on it at the time. Years later, I tried watching it just to see what all the hoopla was about and gave up after about 5 minutes.