--- title: 'The Thing That Couldn''t Die (1958)' type: 'film' director: 'Will Cowan' released: '1958-01-01' runtime_minutes: 69 genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thing-that-couldnt-die-1958' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052289/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) 1958 · 69 min · Horror · United States ## Synopsis The Thing That Couldn't Die is a 1958 American horror film about a man executed for sorcery 400 years in the past whose detached head hypnotizes people in order to have them reunite his head with his body so that he can live and feast on the blood of present-day people. It was produced and directed by Will Cowan and starred William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey Stone, and Carolyn Kearney. Based on an original screenplay by David Duncan for Universal Pictures, it was released in the United States on a double bill with the British Hammer Films classic Horror of Dracula in May 1958. ## Credits - **Director:** [Will Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-cowan) - **Screenplay:** [David Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-duncan), [David Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-duncan-2) - **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini) - **Director of Photography:** [Russell Metty](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-metty) - **Editor:** [Edward Curtiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-curtiss) ## Cast - [Forrest Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-lewis) - [Jeffrey Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-stone) - [Peggy Converse](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-converse) - [Robin Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-hughes) - [James Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-anderson) - [Andra Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andra-martin) - [William Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-reynolds) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thing-that-couldnt-die-1958 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2540443); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.