Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Gaslight" bụ nke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wepụtara n'ụlọ ihe nkiri na May 4, 1944, iji nweta nkwanye ùgwù dị ukwuu na ihe ịga nke ọma nke ụlọ ahịa, na-enweta $ 4.6 nde na mmefu ego nke $ 2 nde, ma nweta nhọpụta asaa na
17th Academy Awards, gụnyere maka Best Picture, na-emeri abụọ Best Actress (maka Bergman), na Best Production Design. N'afọ 2019, a họpụtara ihe nkiri ahụ maka nchekwa na United States National Film Registry site n'ọbá akwụkwọ nke Congress dị ka "ọdịbendị, akụkọ ihe mere eme, ma ọ bụ nke dị oke mkpa".