Name of an old Black & white Horror flick 1960's (maybe 1950's), the main characters find a head buried in a box(evil), later they find the body. The head and body are trying to join each other. This movie scared the H**L out of me when I was 5, now I'd love to know the name of it. I don't think it was a big hit.

Thank you,


p.s. this is my first post

Sounds very much like the aptly-named The Thing That Couldn't Die.

"THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE (1958/Universal) 69mins. BW.
Credits: Dir. & Prod: Will Cowan; Sc: David Duncan; Ph: Russell Metty; Ed: Edward Curtiss; Art: Alexander Golitzen & Eric Orbom; Ph.Fx: Clifford Stine; Mu: Bud Westmore; Mus: Joseph Gershenson.
Cast: William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey Stone, Carolyn Kearney, Peggy Converse, Robin Hughes, James Anderson, Charles Horvarth, Forrest Lewis.

"The grave can't hold it... Nothing can stop it!"

When young Jessica, (Kearney), uses her dowsing skills, she discovers an old Elizabethan chest buried by Sir Francis Drake in 1579, but although most suppose it contains treasure, the chest actually contains the severed head of an Elizabethan sailor, (Hughes), who was condemned for practising witchcraft. The head comes to life and controls the minds of those near to it, forcing them to locate the remainder of his body so that he may live again. Only Jessica, protected by an ancient amulet, can save those around her.
An enjoyable and suitably gruesome B-movie that belies it's low budget mostly due to the enthusiasm of the unknown cast."

[QUOTE=Purukivel;1302232]Sounds very much like the aptly-named The Thing That Couldn't Die.

That was it! Thank you, Thank you. That has been bugging me for many years.
I'm going to try to find & watch it. (so I can get some closure :)