Gaslight

1944 Directed by George Cukor

Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten May Whitty Angela Lansbury Barbara Everest Emil Rameau Edmund Breon Halliwell Hobbes Tom Stevenson Heather Thatcher Lawrence Grossmith Jakob Gimpel Jack Kirk Lillian Bronson Leonard Carey Alec Craig Helen Flint Gibson Gowland Gary Gray Terry Moore Syd Saylor Morgan Wallace Maude Fealy Frank Baker Harry Adams Joseph North Lassie Lou Ahern John Ardizoni Show All…

Alternative Titles

La luz que agoniza, Angoscia, Kaasuvalo, Das Haus der Lady Alquist, Газената лампа, Gázláng, À Meia Luz, Efialtis, Hantise, Gaslys, 가스등

mystery crime thriller drama

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Popular reviews

Review by Craig J. Clark 7

What's that? You say there's a movie called Gaslight? Sorry, dear. Never heard of it. You must have imagined the whole thing.
Review by Sally Jane Black 3

Gaslighting is specifically the manipulation of a person so that they begin to doubt their own mental health. While some gaslight another person intentionally to traumatize them, others do it as a means of protecting themselves from the consequences of their abusive actions. That is to say, gaslighting is a tactic of abusers to make a victim doubt their understanding of the abuse they are experiencing. It comes in many forms.
That this film became synonymous with kind of abuse is a commentary on Ingrid Bergman's performance. She makes you feel her trauma as she struggles with her depression and confusion; she makes you feel not sorry for her but terrified for her. Her abuser is shown to be driven…
Review by Matt Singer ★★★½

Ingrid Bergman ain't nuthing ta fuck wit.
Review by Taylor Williams ★★★★

They just don’t make abusers like they used to. Where’s the grandeur? The ambition? Not enough family jewels these days, and too many electric candles.
Review by Scott Tobias ★★★★½ 2

Believe women!
Review by Jake Cole ★★★★★ 2

One of the most effective psychological thrillers I've ever seen. Beautifully shot and paced so meekly compared to modern head-trips that it's so much easier to fall into the movie's rhythm, and to get sucked along with its deceit. Charles Boyer is an all-time villain here.
Review by eely ★★★½

the most unrealistic part of every ingrid bergman movie is that all these men don’t just immediately fall down dead at the mere sight of her
Review by Sam Meltzer🏳️‍🌈 ★★★½ 11

This really should be called “A Woman Under the Influence”
Gaslight understands how to utilize the theme of people taking advantage of others. I don’t mean rape, I mean trickery and what messing with someone can lead to. The character of Gregory (Charles Boyer) is a cruel and confusing man. Boyer does a great job at making the audience dislike him. His character really is a monster and my mom and I were constantly mad about his devilish actions. The character of Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is unaware, confused but also kind and willing. She is seemingly unaware of Gregory’s actions, allowing her character to have more depth as we see her have moments of realization. Both of them have a…
Review by ethan 6

unrealistic, why would anyone do anything to hurt ingrid bergman?????
Review by Tony the Terror😼🏳️‍🌈 👻 ★★★½ 24

I know I should readily hand this at least 4 stars if not more and when I first saw it 10 years ago, I imagine that’s what I would have given it. But the truth is that it’s really frustrating to watch a woman be psychologically abused for almost 2 hours and just take it and take it and take it until a man comes along and points out the completely obvious to her because she’s a woman and can’t figure it out herself. At least when she does finally get her shit together she gets catty as hell.
It’s honestly a very well made movie with delightful performances and I am 110% team Joseph Cotten: Lowkey Stud, but the story is so offensive to women that the highest I can go for this is 3.5 stars and that’s just the more enlightened world I’m out here living in.
Review by jonhatan ★★★★ 2

if you're reading this and you're a gaslighter, fuck you & kys😘
also, lol i didn't know this is a remake but it is what it is
Review by vincent price was 6′4″ ★★★★ 1

self care is skipping the first hour and 40 minutes of this film and just watching the ending to be happy and satisfied again :))))
3.75/5

Recent reviews

Review by Film Bruv ★★★★

Why do men insist on hurting Ingrid Bergman?
But seriously, f*ck toxic people. You would think that Charles Boyer is some sort of caricature but there are real Charles Boyers walking among us.
Review by jonah ★★★★

what's gaslighting?
Review by fai y ★★★★

such a great film! the actors played their roles so well that i started feeling genuinely frustrated and scared for paula- her scene at the very end where she taunts gregory was chef's kiss (good for her!). i do wish that the character had been allowed to figure things out and rescue herself but it was made in 1944 so at least she got vindicated. tho she rly should have at least gotten to stab him in the thigh :)
also i had no idea that angela lansbury played annoying nancy until the credits rolled- c'mon with the range ms. J.B Fletcher :') & the guy who played brian reminded me of detective inspector john from Miss Fisher's murder mysteries so ofc I immediately fell in love with him
Review by Tiffany Pace ★★★★

Bergman is just incredible in this.
And boy is Gregory just the absolute worst.
Review by sol ★★★★

INGRID FUCKING BERGMAN
Review by Maperez ★★★★

George Cukor en 'Gaslight' propone un misterio que maneja las relaciones tóxicas en el matrimonio y un estudio retorcido de cómo llega una persona al límite de sus cabales en el que la esposa de un famoso pianista parece empezar a delirar sin motivo aparente en su día a día.
Lo más destacable es un guion sin fisuras que desde el 1er minuto va dejando sutiles pistas que convergen en un final que satisface las expectativas creadas, ayudado así por un ritmo muy fluido.
Ingrid Bergman aquí da una gran actuación que sobresale por su versatilidad.
Nota: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review by Mariliis Elizabeth Holzmann ★★★★

A noir masterpiece with a stunning production design. A delicious film and Ingrid Bergman's close-ups are to die for.
Review by Marian Rodríguez ★★★★½

Tal y como la recordaba. Maravillosa la atmósfera que crea, esa "luz de gas" Que le hace.. y magistrales como siempre Ingrid y Charles Boyer, a quien sinceramente le debe mucho Johnny Depp de inspiración en sus papeles más sádicos..
Review by amanda matos ★★★★★

This film's portrayal of the mechanisms of abuse and control remain so accurate, to this day, even tho abusers aren't just after jewels, fortune and power anymore but gain their energy from the dynamics of the opression and abuse itself.
Over the course of the film we witness Paula's loss of identity and decay and it's impossible to watch this and not want justice.
After all the psychological agony and suffering her husband put her through, it’s so liberating, relieving and even extremely touching to see her free herself from his emotional ties and mind games.
Seeing an abusive relationship from the outside and not knowing anything about it, it is so common to hear that it is the woman…
Review by Sarah ★★★★

He really gaslighted her huh? I wonder where the term came from....
Fuck this guy though. Watching this made me angry but I’m so glad with how it was resolved. Acting was A1. I think the moral of the story is to not marry someone you only knew for a couple weeks, or even trust them.
Review by marinamiss ★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

meu deus esse gregory nojento maldito ridiculooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
graças a deus o final do filme é satisfatório
Review by Luke Oguamanam ★★★½

A little slow, but a really interesting concept and well executed.