![]() But it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey, and they journey is more than creepy and entertaining enough to make up for the hacky destination.Įven if none of that makes you want to watch Gaslight, what about the fact that it also features a 17 year old Angela Lansbury as George and Paula’s saucy young maid who always seems up for a bit? If that doesn’t lift your skirt, I don’t know what will. Hets är en svensk film från 1944 regisserad av Alf Sjöberg och med manus av Ingmar Bergman, som även var filmens regiassistent. I felt like it was building to something much more interesting and sinister than that standard trope it ended up trotting out. I guess there are so many lazy suspense movies, it’s a bit of a surprise to see one that pulls it off so expertly.Īlthough, some of the wind is lost from the sails once Gregory’s schemes and true purpose are revealed. Meticulously paced out while never boring. ![]() ![]() Gaslight lets you know Gregory is up to no good almost immediately, but the way it gradually drags out revealing what it actually is, is really impressive. He’s cold, calculating and seems capable of just about anything to get what he wants, no matter who he hurts, or how badly he hurts them, to get it. Torment (Swedish title Hets, UK title Frenzy) is a 1944 Swedish drama directed by Alf Sjöberg from a screenplay by future film master Ingmar Bergman, who also served as assistant director.It proved to be a major turning point in the career of Bergman, whose prior work had been in the theater. The way Gregory systematically breaks Paula down, piece by piece, making her constantly second guess her own sanity, makes him one of the most effective bad guys I’ve seen in a long time. ![]() Until her new husband, Gregory (Charles Anton), convinces her that they should make it their home.Īlmost immediately after moving in, things start to go pair shaped as Gregory begins pitting Paula against their servants, questioning her state of mind and making everyone else, including Paula herself, question it as well. Traumatised by the event, Paula has never been back to the home, even though it was left to her in her aunt’s will. Years ago, the aunt of Paula (Ingrid Bergman) was murdered in the house they both shared. ![]()
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