"Gaslight" yakabudiswa mumabhaisikopo musi waMay 4, 1944, neMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer kuti iongororwe uye kubudirira kwebhokisi rehofisi, ichibudirira $4.6 mamiriyoni pamadhora emadhora maviri emadhora, uye yakagamuchira mazita manomwe pa 17th Academy Awards
, kusanganisira Best Picture, kuhwina maviri Best Actress (for Bergman), uye Best Production Design. Muna 2019, iyo firimu yakasarudzwa kuchengetedzwa muUnited States National Film Registry neRibhurari yeCongress se "tsika, nhoroondo, kana aesthetically yakakosha".