The Thing That Couldn't Die

The Thing that Couldn't Die
Original film poster
Directed byWill Cowan
Written byDavid Duncan
Produced byWill Cowan
StarringWilliam Reynolds
Andra Martin
Jeffrey Stone
Carolyn Kearney
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Music byHenry Mancini
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 27, 1958 (1958-06-27) (NYC)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 he could live and feast on the blood of 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 in May 1958 with the British Hammer Films classic Horror of Dracula.