The Thing That Couldn't Die(1958)
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.
Movie: The Thing That Couldn't Die
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gordon Hawthorne
Jessica Burns
Hank Huston
Linda Madison
Flavia McIntyre
Gideon Drew
Boyd Abercrombie
Julian Ash
Galleon Capt. Fletcher (uncredited)
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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.
Release Date
1958-06-27
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5.125
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The grave can't hold it ...nothing human can stop it!
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