David Hyman
@davidhyman.bsky.social
Reading, watching, doing... All views my own.
Forty-six years ago today, Escape From Alcatraz opened at the Plaza cinema... #EscapeFromAlcatraz #1970s #film #Films #DonSiegel #ClintEastwood #PatrickMcGoohan #FredWard #RobertsBlossom
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Forty-six years ago today, Escape From Alcatraz opened at the Plaza cinema... #EscapeFromAlcatraz #1970s #film #Films #DonSiegel #ClintEastwood #PatrickMcGoohan #FredWard #RobertsBlossom
Fifty-two years ago today, audiences at the Odeon Leicester Square saw that this is the way it could have happened... #ExecutiveAction #1970s #film #Films #DavidMiller #RobertRyan #Burtlancaster #WillGeer
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Fifty-two years ago today, audiences at the Odeon Leicester Square saw that this is the way it could have happened... #ExecutiveAction #1970s #film #Films #DavidMiller #RobertRyan #Burtlancaster #WillGeer
The Amphetamine Manifesto by Harvey Cohen (Olympia Press OPS-6034, 1972). #TheAmphetamineManifesto #HarveyCohen #1970s #books #book #paperback #cover #coverart #TheOlympiaPress
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The Amphetamine Manifesto by Harvey Cohen (Olympia Press OPS-6034, 1972). #TheAmphetamineManifesto #HarveyCohen #1970s #books #book #paperback #cover #coverart #TheOlympiaPress
Sixty-two years ago today, three lives were ripped savagely apart, and a couple of months before the film was more widely released... #TheLeatherBoys #1960s #film #films #SidneyJFurie #RitaTushingham #DudleySutton #ColinCampbell #GillianFreeman #GladysHenson
January 23, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Sixty-two years ago today, three lives were ripped savagely apart, and a couple of months before the film was more widely released... #TheLeatherBoys #1960s #film #films #SidneyJFurie #RitaTushingham #DudleySutton #ColinCampbell #GillianFreeman #GladysHenson
Forty-nine years ago today, and five months after its Central London release, Taxi Driver arrived in North London cinemas... #TaxiDriver #1970s #film #films #MartinScorsese #RobertDeNiro #HarveyKeitel #JodieFoster #PaulSchrader #PeterBoyle
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Forty-nine years ago today, and five months after its Central London release, Taxi Driver arrived in North London cinemas... #TaxiDriver #1970s #film #films #MartinScorsese #RobertDeNiro #HarveyKeitel #JodieFoster #PaulSchrader #PeterBoyle
The 4th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories - Selected by Robert Aickman. (Fontana, January 1975, Ninth Impression). #The4thFontanaBookOfGreatGhostStories #RobertAickman #1970s #book #books #Paperback #cover #CoverArt #artwork #horror #shortstories #FontanaBook #FontanaBooks
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 AM
The 4th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories - Selected by Robert Aickman. (Fontana, January 1975, Ninth Impression). #The4thFontanaBookOfGreatGhostStories #RobertAickman #1970s #book #books #Paperback #cover #CoverArt #artwork #horror #shortstories #FontanaBook #FontanaBooks
Forty-five years ago today in West End cinemas, if you were lying, he’d be back... #TheExterminator #1980s #film #films #JamesGlickenhaus #RobertGinty #ChristopherGeorge #SamanthaEggar #Crime #thriller #thrillers
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Forty-five years ago today in West End cinemas, if you were lying, he’d be back... #TheExterminator #1980s #film #films #JamesGlickenhaus #RobertGinty #ChristopherGeorge #SamanthaEggar #Crime #thriller #thrillers
It Won’t Get You Anywhere by Desmond Skirrow (Corgi, 1969, reissue). #ItWontGetYouAnywhere #DesmondSkirrow #1960s #book #books #Paperback #cover #CorgiBook #CorgiBooks #Crime #MYSTERY #thrillerbooks #thriller #thrillers
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 AM
It Won’t Get You Anywhere by Desmond Skirrow (Corgi, 1969, reissue). #ItWontGetYouAnywhere #DesmondSkirrow #1960s #book #books #Paperback #cover #CorgiBook #CorgiBooks #Crime #MYSTERY #thrillerbooks #thriller #thrillers
Forty-four years ago today, Body Heat steamed up West End cinemas... #BodyHeat #1980s #film #films #LawrenceKasdan #WilliamHurt #KathleenTurner #RichardCrenna #TedDanson #MickeyRourke #thriller #thrillers #Crime #mystery
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Forty-four years ago today, Body Heat steamed up West End cinemas... #BodyHeat #1980s #film #films #LawrenceKasdan #WilliamHurt #KathleenTurner #RichardCrenna #TedDanson #MickeyRourke #thriller #thrillers #Crime #mystery
Forty-four years ago today, the Odeon Leicester Square was a place where even the cops feared to tread... #FortApacheTheBronx #1980s #film #films #DanielPetrie #PaulNewman #KenWahl #RachelTicotin #PamGrier #Crime #EdwardAsner
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Forty-four years ago today, the Odeon Leicester Square was a place where even the cops feared to tread... #FortApacheTheBronx #1980s #film #films #DanielPetrie #PaulNewman #KenWahl #RachelTicotin #PamGrier #Crime #EdwardAsner
The Magic Man And Other Science-Fantasy Stories by Charles Beaumont (Hodder Fawcett F109, 1966). #TheMagicMan #CharlesBeaumont #1960s #book #books #Paperback #cover #CoverArt #sciencefiction #SciFiBooks #scifi #shortstories #HodderFawcett
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 AM
The Magic Man And Other Science-Fantasy Stories by Charles Beaumont (Hodder Fawcett F109, 1966). #TheMagicMan #CharlesBeaumont #1960s #book #books #Paperback #cover #CoverArt #sciencefiction #SciFiBooks #scifi #shortstories #HodderFawcett
My invitation to the Shock Xpress book launch at Café Munchen on Friday 23rd August 1991. I'm sure that @alanfrightfest.bsky.social and @annodracula.bsky.social were also there... #ShockXpress #book #books #horror #1990s
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
My invitation to the Shock Xpress book launch at Café Munchen on Friday 23rd August 1991. I'm sure that @alanfrightfest.bsky.social and @annodracula.bsky.social were also there... #ShockXpress #book #books #horror #1990s
Forty-three years ago today, just when West End cinema audiences thought it was safe to go back in the departure lounge, Airplane II: The Sequel landed… #AirplaneIITheSequel #1980s #film #films #comedy #KenFinkleman #RobertHays #JulieHagerty #WilliamShatner #Lloydbridges
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Forty-three years ago today, just when West End cinema audiences thought it was safe to go back in the departure lounge, Airplane II: The Sequel landed… #AirplaneIITheSequel #1980s #film #films #comedy #KenFinkleman #RobertHays #JulieHagerty #WilliamShatner #Lloydbridges
Forty-nine years ago today, the roughest, toughest men from London’s greatest crime squad smashed their way onto UK cinema screens… #Sweeney #1970s #film #films #DavidWickes #JohnThaw #DenisWaterman #DianeKeen #BarryFoster #crime #thriller #IanBannen #ColinWelland
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Forty-nine years ago today, the roughest, toughest men from London’s greatest crime squad smashed their way onto UK cinema screens… #Sweeney #1970s #film #films #DavidWickes #JohnThaw #DenisWaterman #DianeKeen #BarryFoster #crime #thriller #IanBannen #ColinWelland
End Play by Russell Braddon (Michael Joseph Ltd., 1972). Cover Photo by Beverly Le Barrow. Filmed in 1976. #EndPlay #RussellBraddon #1970s #book #books #cover #BeverlyLeBarrow #MichaelJosephLimited #CrimeFiction #crime #mystery #thrillerbooks #thriller #thrillers
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 AM
End Play by Russell Braddon (Michael Joseph Ltd., 1972). Cover Photo by Beverly Le Barrow. Filmed in 1976. #EndPlay #RussellBraddon #1970s #book #books #cover #BeverlyLeBarrow #MichaelJosephLimited #CrimeFiction #crime #mystery #thrillerbooks #thriller #thrillers
The 5th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories - Selected by Robert Aickman (Fontana, June 1975, Third Impression). #The5thFontanaBookOfGreatGhostStories #RobertAickman #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #horror #shortstories
January 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The 5th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories - Selected by Robert Aickman (Fontana, June 1975, Third Impression). #The5thFontanaBookOfGreatGhostStories #RobertAickman #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #horror #shortstories
Forty-one years ago today, the comedy that proved that one's a crowd opened in London cinemas... #AllOfMe #1980s #film #films #comedy #SteveMartin #LilyTomlin #VictoriaTennant
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Forty-one years ago today, the comedy that proved that one's a crowd opened in London cinemas... #AllOfMe #1980s #film #films #comedy #SteveMartin #LilyTomlin #VictoriaTennant
The Pin Men by Roger East (Roger d’Este Burford) (Hodder And Stoughton, 1963). #ThePinMen #RogerEast #1960s #book #books #cover #CoverArt #artwork #HodderAndStoughton #Crime #MYSTERY #Thriller #thrillers #thrillerbooks
January 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The Pin Men by Roger East (Roger d’Este Burford) (Hodder And Stoughton, 1963). #ThePinMen #RogerEast #1960s #book #books #cover #CoverArt #artwork #HodderAndStoughton #Crime #MYSTERY #Thriller #thrillers #thrillerbooks
Forty-one years ago today, everything they heard was true in London cinemas… #Amadeus #1980s #film #films #MilosForman #PeterShaffer #TomHulce #FMurrayAbraham #ElizabethBerridge #Mozart #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Forty-one years ago today, everything they heard was true in London cinemas… #Amadeus #1980s #film #films #MilosForman #PeterShaffer #TomHulce #FMurrayAbraham #ElizabethBerridge #Mozart #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
An Eye For An Eye by Oliver Weld Bayer (Eleanor Rosenfeld Bayer and Leo Grossberg Bayer) (The World Publishing Company, Tower Books Edition T-416, December 1946). #AnEyeForAnEye #OliverWeldBayer #1940s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #Crime #thrillers #thriller #mystery #thrillerbooks
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
An Eye For An Eye by Oliver Weld Bayer (Eleanor Rosenfeld Bayer and Leo Grossberg Bayer) (The World Publishing Company, Tower Books Edition T-416, December 1946). #AnEyeForAnEye #OliverWeldBayer #1940s #book #books #cover #coverart #artwork #Crime #thrillers #thriller #mystery #thrillerbooks
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The 7th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories - Selected by Robert Aickman (Fontana, April 1975, Second Impression). #The7thFontanaBookOfGreatGhostStories #1970s #book #books #Paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #RobertAickman #HorrorArt #horror #shortstories
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The 7th Fontana Book Of Great Ghost Stories - Selected by Robert Aickman (Fontana, April 1975, Second Impression). #The7thFontanaBookOfGreatGhostStories #1970s #book #books #Paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #RobertAickman #HorrorArt #horror #shortstories
Forty-five years ago today, London cinema audiences could ‘Go Sleaze!’ in Times Square… #TimesSquare #1980s #film #films #AllanMoyle #TimCurry #TriniAlvarado #RobinJohnson
January 15, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Forty-five years ago today, London cinema audiences could ‘Go Sleaze!’ in Times Square… #TimesSquare #1980s #film #films #AllanMoyle #TimCurry #TriniAlvarado #RobinJohnson
Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson (Sphere, 1977). Filmed as Somewhere In Time. #BidTimeReturn #RichardMatheson #1970s #books #book #Paperback #cover #CoverArt #artwork #SomewhereInTime #SphereBook #SphereBooks
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson (Sphere, 1977). Filmed as Somewhere In Time. #BidTimeReturn #RichardMatheson #1970s #books #book #Paperback #cover #CoverArt #artwork #SomewhereInTime #SphereBook #SphereBooks