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The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

Name: The Thing That Couldn't Die
Director: Will Cowan
Genre: Cemetery, Violence
Released: 1958
Duration: 69 min
Cast: William Reynolds, Carolyn Kearney, Jeffrey Stone, Andra Martin, Peggy Converse

1958 · Will Cowan · 69 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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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.

A 1958 title built around Cemetery and Violence. Directed by Will Cowan.

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Spanish: La cabeza maléfica
French: Le Décapité vivant
German: Der Kopf aus dem Totenreich
Chinese: 不死生物

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The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

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