Review of Before I Hang (1940) by Senor C — 30 Sep 2011
Im enjoying getting familiar w/ Karloff's work. Of course he's notorious as Frankenstein but you really need to get outside of that. Sometimes you get a really good movie like Corridors of Blood & Grip of the Strangler; sometimes you get the not so good like The Ape & Isle of the Dead but even in the not so good ones it's always worth watching Karloff's performance because he's so fascinating real to the role.
When I started watching Before I Hang I was thinking Karloff sure looks like an old man..how fucking old was he when he made this movie but in fact he's playing beyond his years he's so real. He's great to watch in this as a convicted doctor (for Kevorkian methods) who takes the serum to the secrete to denying the deteriorated process of age mixed w/ a killer's blood.
The only thing that keeps my rating down is that this is @ least 15 minutes too short. On Karloff's performance alone it's brilliant.
This review of Before I Hang (1940) was written by Senor C on 30 Sep 2011.
Before I Hang has generally received mixed reviews.
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