At the cinema.
Some moments in this felt inexplicably legendary, the filming of the two lunatics simply running through the desert towards the end for example - idk why but that was so memorable - and many cuts throughout had this effect too.
I think Wes Craven was really finding his stride here, and maybe even found it.
I've noticed a common trend with his movies; normies will watch them and think they are "unintentionally funny" - this even extends to his high-budget career with films like Scream, a film I would entirely consider a comedy.
Some of my audience came out this screening saying the same for this movie and to me it's very obvious Wes is deliberately being comedic and/or goofy but I think the psychology behind many people thinking it's "unintentional" is super interesting. Like it's rooted in them feeling awkward at laughing because of it's dark subject matter or something. I think Wes just loves pitch-black comedy (which we can see from the very beginning with his brutal rape/torture-revenge debut Last House on the Left). In fact, he was obsessed with it. Subversion and perversion.

This was an iconic classic.