The Thing That Couldn't Die1958
“The grave can't hold it ...nothing human can stop it!”
Directed by Will Cowan
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Deep on a remote ranch, a young woman with psychic gifts unwittingly unearths something ancient and profoundly malevolent — a centuries-old severed head with the power to bend minds to its will. As its psychic hold tightens, those around her find themselves helpless against an evil that has waited lifetimes for this moment. This late-1950s Universal horror offering blends classic creature-feature atmosphere with genuinely unsettling ideas about possession and immortality.
Content: Decapitation Imagery, Severed Head On Screen, Mind Control Themes
Cast
William Reynolds
Gordon Hawthorne
Carolyn Kearney
Jessica Burns
Jeffrey Stone
Hank Huston
Andra Martin
Linda Madison
Peggy Converse
Flavia McIntyre
Robin Hughes
Gideon Drew
Charles Horvath
Mike
James Anderson
Boyd Abercrombie
Forrest Lewis
Julian Ash
Thomas Browne Henry
Galleon Capt. Fletcher (uncredited)
Phil Harvey
Trooper Kennedy (uncredited)
Stuart Wade
Trooper Swanson (uncredited)
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