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Episode 332: Gaslight (1944)

Episode 332: Gaslight (1944)

Update: 2025-08-20
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This week, we talk about the meaning of "gaslighting" with the film that originated the term: George Cukor's 1944 film Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman as a woman slowly driven to the brink of madness by her abusive husband (Charles Boyer). This film also featured the cinematic debut (and first Oscar nod!) for Angela Lansbury, who turned 18 during filming.


TW for discussions of domestic abuse and abusive relationships.


Next week, one of the most Hitchcockian of the films we're discussing: Michael Powell's psychothriller Peeping Tom, which premiered two weeks before Psycho in 1960.

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Episode 332: Gaslight (1944)

Episode 332: Gaslight (1944)

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