iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

David Hyman

@davidhyman.bsky.social

703 followers 727 following 1.7K posts

Reading, watching, doing... All views my own.

Posts Replies Media

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 21h

The Mesmerist by Felice Picano (New English Library, 1978). #TheMesmerist #FelicePicano #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #NewEnglishLibrary #NEL #horror

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fifty-four years ago today, Dracula A.D. 1972 opened at the Columbia Shaftesbury Avenue... #DraculaAD1972 #1970s #film #films #AlanGibson #ChristopherLee #PeterCushing #CarolineMunro #StephanieBeacham #ChristopherNeame #Dracula #horror

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Forty-six years ago today in London cinemas, he wanted it the way it was the first time, but she wanted more, much more… #ChapterTwo #1970s #film #films #RobertMoore #NeilSimon #MarshaMason #JamesCaan #comedy

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Forty-two years ago today it was Top Secret in UK cinemas (And it wasn't PG-rated either)… #TopSecret #1980s #film #films #JimAbrahams #DavidZucker #JerryZucker #ValKilmer #LucyGutteridhe #OmarSharif #comedy

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Cup And The Lip by Elizabeth Ferrars (Morna Doris MacTaggart) (Fontana, 1977). Cover Photograph by Robert Golden. #TheCupAndTheLip #ElizabethFerrars #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #FontanaBook #FontanaBooks #crime #mystery #thriller

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Dance Of Blood by Stewart Farrar (Arrow, 1977). #TheDanceOfBlood #StewartFarrar #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #horror #ArrowBook #ArrowBooks

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Strip For Violence by Ed Lacy (Leonard S. Zinberg) (Mayflower, 1968). #StripForViolence #EdLacy #LeonardSZinberg #1960s #book #books #paperback #cover #MayflowerBook #MayflowerBooks #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillers

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Flee The Night In Anger by Dan Keller (Popular Library 625, November 1954). #FleeTheNightInAnger #DanKeller #1950s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #PopularLibrary #thiller #crime #mystery

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Forty-five years ago today, West End cinema audiences escaped from New York… #EscapeFromNewYork #1980s #film #films #JohnCarpenter #KurtRussell #LeeVanCleef #DonaldPleasence #scifi #sciencefiction #SnakePlissken

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Forty-five years ago today, Tarzan The Ape Man swung into UK cinemas… #TarzanTheApeMan #1980s #film #films #JohnDerek #BoDerek #RichardHarris #MilesOKeeffe

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Death Wears A Copper Necktie by Hugh Pentecost (Judson Pentecost Philips) (Walter Edwards, 1946). #DeathWearsACopperNecktie #HughPentecost #1940s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #crime #mystery #thriller #WalterEdward #shortstories

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Forty-four years ago today in London cinemas, love brought out the animal in her… #CatPeople #1980s #film #ilms #PaulSchrader #NastassiaKinski #MalcolmMcDowell #JohnHeard #AnnetteOToole #horror

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Forty-four years ago today, there was A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy in West End cinemas… #AMidsummerNightsSexComedy #1980s #film #films #WoodyAllen #MiaFarrow #JulieHagerty #JoseFerrer #MarySteenbergen #TonyRoberts #comedy

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Forty-seven years ago today, they rode into North London cinemas…. #ButchAndSundanceTheEarlyDays #1970s #film #films #RichardLester #WilliamKatt #TomBerenger #western

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fifty-five years ago today at the London Pavilion, they hunted the biggest game of all - man and woman!… #TheHuntingParty #1970s #film #films #DonMedford #OliverReed #CandiceBergen #GeneHackman #western

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Once Over Deadly by Ed. McNamara (Consul M1044, 1961). #OnceOverDeadly #EdMcNamara #1960s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #ConsulBook #ConsulBooks #crime #mystery #thriller

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Forty-three years ago today in UK cinemas, Tony Manero knew the old days were over but nobody was gonna tell him he couldn’t feel that good again… #StayingAlive #1980s #film #films #SylvesterStallone #JohnTravolta #CynthiaRhodes #FinolaHughes #TonyManero

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Forty-three years ago today, he left them breathless in UK cinemas… #Breathless #1980s #film #films #JimMcBride #RichardGere #ValerieKaprisky

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Forty-three years ago today, something wicked this way came to the Odeon Haymarket… #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #JackClayton #RayBradbury #1980s #film #films #JonathanPryce #JasonRobards #PamGrier #fantasy #horror

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Guerrilla Girls by Harry Whittington (New English Library 2588, January 1970). #GuerrillaGirls #HarryWhittington #1970s #book #books #paperback #cover #NewEnglishLibrary #NEL

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy 79th Birthday, Stephen King! #StephenKing #OnThisDay #HappyBirthday

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Forty-two years ago today, there was Streets Of Fire at the Empire Leicester Square... #StreetsOfFire #1980s #film #films #WalterHill #MichaelPare #DianeLane #WillemDafoe #RickMoranis #AmyMadigan

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Forty-two years ago today, the ‘Magnum’ man hit the big screen with a vengeance in UK cinemas… #Lassiter #1980s #film #films #RobertYoung #TomSelleck #JaneSeymour #LaurenHutton

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Forty-six years ago today, The Sea Wolves set sail in London cinemas… #TheSeaWolves #1980s #film #films #AndrewVMcLaglen #RogerMoore #GregoryPeck #DavidNiven #BarbaraKellerman

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Venetian Bird by Victor Canning (NEL/Four Square 2165, May 1968). #VenetianBird #VictorCanning #1960s #book #books #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #NEL #FourSquare #NewEnglishLibrary #crime #mystery #thriller

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Saint In New York by Leslie Charteris (Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin) (Pan 66, 1949, Reprint). Cover Art by Pollack. #TheSaintInNewYork #LeslieCharteris #1940s #book #books #paperback #crime #thriller #PanBook #PanBooks #TheSaint #mystery

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

US actor, singer, songwriter and director David Hess was born on this day in 1936, and sadly passed away in 2011. This photo was taken in the Phoenix Artist Club during @frightfest.bsky.social 2009; so, here’s DH with DH… #DavidHess #OnThisDay

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Forty-six years ago today, Xanadu received a UK Gala Premiere… #Xanadu #1970s #RobertGreenwald #OliviaNewtonJohn #GeneKelly #MichaelBeck #musical

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Forty-five years ago today in West End cinemas, the power of evil was no longer in the hands of a child. #TheFinalConflict #1980s #film #films #GrahamBaker #SamNeill #LisaHarrow #RossanoBrazzi #DonGordon #DamienThorn #TheOmen #horror #horrorfilm

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Forty-four years ago today, it knew what scared West End cinema audiences… #Poltergeist #1980s #film #films #TobeHooper #StevenSpielberg #CraigTNelson #JobethWilliams #horror #horrorfilm

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Forty-three years ago today, Norman Bates came home to UK cinemas… #PsychoII #1980s #film #films #RichardFranklin #AnthonyPerkins #MegTilly #NormanBates

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Forty-eight years ago this week, these films were screening at the Classic Oxford Street and the Regent Theatre (Click on the image to reveal details)… #1970s #film #films

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Forty-nine years ago today in London cinemas, what did she remember?… #ExorcistIITheHeretic #1970s #film #films #JohnBoorman #LindaBlair #RichardBurton #LouiseFletcher #horror

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fifty-four years ago yesterday, Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman were murder together at the Carlton Haymarket… #PrimeCut #1970s #film #films #LeeMarvin #GeneHackman #MichaelRitchie #SissySpacek #thriller

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Forty-eight years ago today, Grease was the word in UK cinemas… #Grease #1970s #RandalKleiser #JohnTravolta #OliviaNewtonJohn #StockardChanning #musical

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Forty-eight years ago today, the bogus Bogie who hadn’t got a clue began his investigation at the Odeon Leicester Square… #TheCheapDetective #1970s #film #films #RobertMoore #NeilSimon #PeterFalk #AnnMargret #comedy

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Forty-five years ago today, all London started laughing... #Stripes #1980s #film #films #IvanReitman #BillMurray #HaroldRamis #WarrenOates #PJSoles #SeanYoung #JohnCandy #comedy

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy 86th Birthday, Brian De Palma! #BrianDePalma #OnThisDay #HappyBirthday #film #films #director #filmmaker

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Forty-six years ago today in UK cinemas, Al Pacino was cruising for a killer… #Cruising #1980s #film #films #WilliamFriedkin #AlPacino #PaulSorvino #KarenAllen

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Forty-six years ago today, Brubaker opened at the Leicester Square theatre… #Brubaker #1980s #film #films #DtuartRosenberg #RobertRedford #YaphettKotto #JaneAlexander #MorganFreeman #MurrayHamilton #DavidKeith

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Forty-six years ago today, Urban Cowboy rode into the Empire Leicester Square four days after arriving at other UK cinemas... #UrbanCowboy #1980s #film #films #JamesBridges #JohnTravolta #DebraWinger #ScottGlenn

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Forty-four years ago today, this chilling, bold, mesmerizing, futuristic detective thriller opened in UK cinemas… #BladeRunner #1980s #film #films #RidleyScott #HarrisonFord #RutgerHauer #SeanYoung #DarylHannah #PhilipKDick #scifi #sciencefiction

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Forty-four years ago today, for what West End cinema audiences were about to receive, God may have helped them… #BrimstoneAndTreacle #1980s #film #films #RichardLoncraine #DennisPotter #Sting #DenholmElliott #SuzannaHamilton #JoanPlowright

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Forty-four years ago today, West End cinema audiences weren’t safe out of the water, and Chuck Norris had to destroy an unstoppable terror… #PiranhaIIFlyingKillers #Piranha2TheSpawning #SilentRage #1980s #film #films #ChuckNorris #JamesCameron #OvidioGAssonitis #TriciaONeil #LanceHenriksen #horror

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Man That I Love by Denise Egerton (Denise Duggan) (Hodder And Stoughton, July 1955). #AManThatILove #DeniseEgerton #DeniseDuggan #1950s #HodderAndStoughton #book #books #coverart #artwork #cover #crime #mystery #thriller

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy 86th Birthday, Dario Argento! #DarioArgento #OnThisDay #HappyBirthday #film #films #director #filmdirector #writer

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Forty-eight years ago today in London cinemas, who was robbing and who was telling?… #TheSilentPartner #1970s #film #films #CurtisHanson #DarylDuke #ElliottGould #SusannahYork #ChristopherPlummer #thriller #mystery #thrillers

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Forty-seven years ago today in London cinemas, there was terror beyond imagination… #BeyondThePoseidonAdventure #1970s #film #films #IrwinAllen #MichaelCaine #SallyField #TellySavalas #PeterBoyle

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Forty-eight years ago today in London cinemas, heaven could wait… #HeavenCanWait #1970s #film #films #WarrenBeatty #BuckHenry #JulieChristie #JamesMason #CharlesGrodin #DyanCannon #JackWarden #comedy

David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Forty-seven years ago today at the Odeon Leicester Square, no one could hear them scream... #Alien #RidleyScott #1970s #film #films #SigourneyWeaver #TomSkeritt #IanHolm #HarryDeanStanton #YaphetKotto #VeronicaCartwright #scifi #horror #sciencefiction