Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jan 17, 2026 3.5/4

Director George Cukor successfully implements the proper atmosphere of claustrophobia and dread, aided by Joseph Ruttenberg's camerawork and the Oscar-winning set design.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker Jan 13, 2026

This pseudo-Victorian thriller is more enjoyable than one might expect. Bergman is, intermittently, genuinely moving.

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Jon Matsumoto Los Angeles Times Jan 13, 2026

What keeps Gaslight burning is its tantalizing aura of mystery.

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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Jan 13, 2026 3.5/4

A quintessential '40s Hollywood romantic thriller: plush and excruciating.

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Jay Carmody Washington Star Jan 13, 2026

A taut, exciting tale worthy of a cast which also includes Dame May Whitty.

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Tulsa World Staff Tulsa World Jan 13, 2026

The entire cast does an excellent job of portraying the story.

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Jack Karr Toronto Star Jan 13, 2026

To assist in the freezing of your bloodstream, the producers have told their eerie tale with a splendid cast.

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Dorothy Moe Tampa Bay Times Jan 13, 2026

With his usual dead-pan style, Boyer is completely hypnotic as the sinister husband, who seems to have a genius for suggestive psychology.

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Norah Alexander Sunday Mirror (UK) Jan 13, 2026 8/10

A bit slow, and very creepy. It introduces Angela Lansbury, a lass to watch.

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Noel F. Moran Sunday Independent (Ireland) Jan 13, 2026

It is another sound picture, satisfying without being brilliant, despite a somewhat fantastic theme.

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Age Staff The Age (Australia) Jan 13, 2026

It has a strong plot and the heavy brooding mood of suspense imparted.

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SMH Staff Sydney Morning Herald Jan 13, 2026

Gaslight... has been translated into a distinguished suspense film, gripping and intense by George Cukor as director.

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Clarissa Start St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 13, 2026

Angela Lansbury, [a] 17-year-old British newcomer, is outstanding as the Cockney maid, as is Dame May Whitty as a gossipy twittery neighbor.

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Alexander Fried San Francisco Examiner Jan 13, 2026

For the most part, it sustains its suspense quietly and intently. At crucial moments, it has sharp punch, too.

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SF Chronicle Staff San Francisco Chronicle Jan 13, 2026

The fact also that the period of the story has the color of a past period is in its favor.

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Harold V. Cohen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan 13, 2026

The general excellence of the picture extends right through the cast.

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Mildred Martin Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 13, 2026

Villainy has seldom been seen to such monstrous advantages as the erstwhile romantic Mr. Boyer slowly, methodically, undertakes to drive his wife mad for his own grisly ends.

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Citizen Staff Ottawa Citizen Jan 13, 2026

If you must have your marrow frost rimed, undoubtedly The Capital's Gaslight is the most magnificent chiller in town.

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Herbert L. Larson Oregonian Jan 13, 2026

Reaches the heights of excitement and suspense.

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C.A. Lejeune Observer (UK) Jan 13, 2026

It is a fierce, Victorian period piece; deliberately played for horror and handsome in a rich and stuffy way.

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