I remember this gave me nightmares as a child, too! Those pixellated knives on the bed! Goddamn it!

Easily the worst murder mystery plot ever written.
Does a lot of unusual and counter-intuitive things, which makes sense considering its originality, but it's mostly playable. Not really sure how the forest worked though, had to look that up.

I give it points for at least having a graphical component, but it's a very cumbersome mess.

It's interesting as one of the first games to have graphics, but it didn't age well. It's a text adventure and the commands and interactivity are very frustrating.
Also after wandering around the house for a while, it will get dark and you won't be able to see anything if you didn't find a candle somewhere until then, which is just annoying and definitely not beginner-friendly.

It couldn't hold my attention for very long (around 40mins) until I got sick of feeling like I'm not getting anywhere.