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The Thing That Couldn't Die

1958 · 1h 9m · Horror · United States of America

The grave can't hold it ...nothing human can stop it!

A 400 year old disembodied head hypnotizes a female psychic, who recovered it using a dowsing rod, to search for the rest of its body.

Directed by
Will Cowan
Written by
David Duncan
Story by
David Duncan
Starring
William Reynolds, Carolyn Kearney, Jeffrey Stone, Andra Martin
5.8Smart score

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beheadingdecapitated headdecapitationdowsing rodexecutiongraveimmortalitymind controlpsychicranchsatanistsevered head

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