History YMMV / Gaslight

* CommonKnowledge: This is one of the great moments of Creator/AlfredHitchcock's career...except, it was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor. It's easy to see why people would think it's a Hitchcock film, though: it's a classic PsychologicalThriller, with a OneWordTitle, and frequent Hitchcock leads Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/JosephCotten are in it. He did direct a similar film called ''{{Film/Suspicion}}'', which has the opposite climax [[spoiler: where the man turns out ''not'' to be a murderer]].

* AdaptationDisplacement: The 1944 film is better known than the play and the UK film version it's based on. The studio tried to enforce this by having all prints of the previous version destroyed. Ironically the remake had the title 'The Murder in Thornton Square' for the UK release to avoid confusion - but of course the original title is used these days.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Several meta ones actually.
** Charles Boyer was a bit stressed during filming because his wife was pregnant - and they had been trying to have a baby for years. The baby was due after the wrap date, but was delivered early. He arrived on set to discover everyone toasting the birth with champagne.
** Similarly was Angela Lansbury turning eighteen during filming. They had a little party for her on set.
** Despite them playing two characters who are enemies, Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman got on incredibly well - and years later, Ingrid called him her favorite actor she'd ever worked with.
** At the Oscars that year, Barbara Stanwyck was considered a shoe-in for ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''. But of course Ingrid Bergman won for this. Rather than feeling snubbed, Barbara told the press she was "a proud member of the Ingrid Bergman fan club" and couldn't feel bad because her favorite actress had won the award "and has earned it in all her performances."

* WhatAnIdiot: Everything with regards to the letter being a ChekhovsGun. Why didn't Gregory throw it away? Why did it never occur to Paula that the handwriting is similar to that of Gregory, which she’d probably seen a few times already?

** George Cukor was a bit stressed during filming because his wife was pregnant - and they had been trying to have a baby for years. The baby was due after the wrap date, but was delivered early. He arrived on set to discover everyone toasting the birth with champagne.

** Angela Lansbury playing an oblivious pawn ([[spoiler: and RedHerring]]) in a murder mystery first becomes amusing as of ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' - where she's a crime novelist who unsuccessfully attempts to solve a murder mystery. And then of course with her famous series ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', which is about her solving mysteries. Plus, she [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns sings about balloons]].

** Angela Lansbury playing an oblivious pawn ([[spoiler: and RedHerring]]) in a murder mystery first becomes amusing as of ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' - where she's a crime novelist who unsuccessfully attempts to solve a murder mystery. And then of course with her famous series ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', which is about her solving mysteries.

* MemeticMutation: The term "gaslighting" has become a byword for MindRape tactics used by domestic abusers. Ironically, [[spoiler:tampering with the lights and making Paula "hear noises" were the two aspects of Gregory's abuse he did unintentionally]].

* MemeticMutation: The term "gaslighting" has become a byword for MindRape tactics used by domestic abusers. Ironically, [[spoiler:tampering with the lights and making Paula "hear noises" were the two aspects of Gregory's abuse he probably did unintentionally]].

* UnbuiltTrope: The TropeNamer for {{Gaslighting}} and yet what gives it the name - Gregory causing the gas lights to flicker - is done unintentionally. It's just an accidental side effect of what else he's doing.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The 1944 film is better known than the play and the UK film version it's based on. The studio tried to enforce this by having all prints of the previous version destroyed.
* CommonKnowledge: This is one of the great moments of Creator/AlfredHitchcock's career...except, it was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor. It's easy to see why people would think it's a Hitchcock film, though: it's a classic PsychologicalThriller, with a OneWordTitle, and frequent Hitchcock leads Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/JosephCotten are in it.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Creator/AngelaLansbury as Nancy, the Cockney maid, made enough of an impression to get an Oscar nomination, even though she's, at best, the sixth-most important character in the story.
* FridgeLogic: Everything with regards to the letter being a ChekhovsGun. Why didn't Gregory throw it away? Why did it never occur to Paula that the handwriting is similar to that of Gregory, which she’d probably seen a few times already?

* FridgeLogic: Everything with regards to the letter being a ChekhovsGun. Why didn't Gregory throw it away? Why did it never occur to Paula that the handwriting is similar to Gregory, which she’d probably seen a few times?

* TheUntwist: Gregory being [[spoiler:the letter's sender or his accomplice]] and [[spoiler:Alice Alquist's murderer]] becomes painfully obvious once the letter is brought up.

* FridgeLogic: Everything with regards to the letter being a ChekhovsGun. Why didn’t Gregory throw it away? Why did it never occur to Paula that the handwriting is similar to Gregory, which she’d probably seen a few times?
* MemeticMutation: The term ‘gaslighting’ has become a byword in feminist circles for MindRape tactics used by domestic abusers. Ironically, [[spoiler:tampering with the lights and making Paula ‘hear noises’ were the two aspects of Gregory’s abuse he probably did unintentionally]].
* TheUntwist: Gregory being [[spoiler:the letter’s sender or his accomplice]] and [[spoiler:Alice Alquist’s murderer]] becomes painfully obvious once the letter is brought up.

--> '''Paula:''' You mean we're not going to the theatre?"

* FridgeLogic: Everything with regards to the letter being a ChekhovsGun. Why didn’t George throw it away? Why did it never occur to Paula that the handwriting is similar to George’s, which she’d probably seen a few times?
* MemeticMutation: The term ‘gaslighting’ has become a byword in feminist circles for MindRape tactics used by domestic abusers. Ironically, [[spoiler:tampering with the lights and making Paula ‘hear noises’ were the two aspects of George’s abuse he probably did unintentionally]].
* TheUntwist: George being [[spoiler:the letter’s sender or his accomplice]] and [[spoiler:Alice Alquist’s murderer]] becomes painfully obvious once the letter is brought up.

* MemeticMutation: The term "gaslighting" has become a byword in feminist circles for MindRape tactics used by domestic abusers.

--> Paula: "You mean we're not going to the theatre?"

* MemeticMutation: The term "gaslighting" has become a byword in feminist circles for MindRape tactics used by domestic abusers.

* CompleteMonster: Gregory, driven home when it's revealed he's [[spoiler: Sergius Bauer.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The page quote.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The page quote.