Combining the fantastic acting talents of the beautiful Ingrid Bergman and handsome Charles Boyer plus the supreme, intelligent direction George Cukor and a great supporting cast you get Gaslight: a cinematic masterpiece. It is mysterious, intriguing, gripping and spooky and the Victorian setting adds to this. This is almost Hitchcock like as it shares many similarities with his films.
Alice Alquist, a famous entertainer, is brutally murdered in her home. Her niece, Paula (played wonderfully by Ingrid Bergman) finds her body but the killer cannot be found. Devastated and in shock, she is sent away to school, but returns 10 years later with her new husband (played by a mysterious Charles Boyer) in an effort to let go of her feelings towards the murder. However, it is not long before strange things start to happen: she forgets things, she hears noises upstairs. Does Paula find her mother's killer? Who is it? And what is the explanation for all the weird things? The script is incredibly good - quite realistic and eerie, very atmospheric and you almost feel claustrophobic as Paula does. It's funny how this movie affected me. The scenes leading up towards the end are incredibly good and explain everything. Certainly leaves you hanging.
With the essential elements put together, Gaslight is an amazingly chilling, intriguing, mysterious, suspenseful thriller that just keeps you guessing and guessing.
Alice Alquist, a famous entertainer, is brutally murdered in her home. Her niece, Paula (played wonderfully by Ingrid Bergman) finds her body but the killer cannot be found. Devastated and in shock, she is sent away to school, but returns 10 years later with her new husband (played by a mysterious Charles Boyer) in an effort to let go of her feelings towards the murder. However, it is not long before strange things start to happen: she forgets things, she hears noises upstairs. Does Paula find her mother's killer? Who is it? And what is the explanation for all the weird things? The script is incredibly good - quite realistic and eerie, very atmospheric and you almost feel claustrophobic as Paula does. It's funny how this movie affected me. The scenes leading up towards the end are incredibly good and explain everything. Certainly leaves you hanging.
With the essential elements put together, Gaslight is an amazingly chilling, intriguing, mysterious, suspenseful thriller that just keeps you guessing and guessing.