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The Thing That Couldn't Die

The Thing That Couldn't Die

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 9mApproved
Horror
4.3
IMDB Rating
2,156 votes

A psychically gifted young woman discovers a centuries-old crate buried on her aunt's ranch. Opening it, her family discovers the living head of Gideon Drew, a 16th century devil worshiper who was beheaded by Sir Francis Drake.

Director
Will Cowan
Writers
N/A
Stars
William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey Stone
Release Date
January 16, 1959
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

William Reynolds
William Reynolds
as Gordon Hawthorne
Andra Martin
Andra Martin
as Linda Madison
Jeffrey Stone
Jeffrey Stone
as Hank Huston
Carolyn Kearney
Carolyn Kearney
as Jessica Burns
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Peggy Converse
as Flavia McIntyre
Robin Hughes
Robin Hughes
as Gideon Drew
James Anderson
James Anderson
as Boyd Abercrombie
Charles Horvath
Charles Horvath
as Mike
Forrest Lewis
Forrest Lewis
as Julian Ash
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George Alexander
as Guard

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production
Universal International Pictures (UI)

🏷️ Keywords

beheadingcoffinheadless bodydisembodied headaunt niece relationship

🎯 Categories

Monster HorrorSupernatural HorrorHorror

⭐ Featured Review

Drake's decapitation in sunny California
by bkoganbing2014-09-13
5/10

"The Thing That Couldn't Die takes place on the California coast several centuries apart. The film concerns Satan worship and what Sir Francis Drake did about it on his round the world voyage which some have said made him the first European to see the coast of California. Where today Andra Martin resides on Aunt Peggy Converse's ranch with plans to marry boyfriend William Reynolds. She's a girl with psychic gifts and feels something evil on the ranch. The evil is a head and body buried in separate places some 300 years earlier by Sir Francis Drake who discovered one of his crew..."

💡 Did You Know?

Co-star Robin Hughes would often perform Shakespearean monologues between shots. His horror makeup would enhance these moments all the more.

📖 Synopsis

A psychically gifted young woman discovers a centuries-old crate buried on her aunt's ranch. Opening it, her family discovers the living head of Gideon Drew, a 16th century devil worshiper who was beheaded by Sir Francis Drake.