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Blood On The Ivy by Hal Ellson (Pyramid T2257, 1970). Ghostwritten by Gil Brewer. #BloodOnTheIvy #HalEllson #GilBrewer #1970s #books #book #paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #PyramidBook #PyramidBooks

07.03.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Call Me Killer! By Max Carter (Avon A542, 1953). #CallMeKiller #MaxCarter #1950s #book #books #Paperback #cover #coverart #artwork #AvonBook #AvonBooks #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillers #thrillerbooks

06.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty-six years ago today, Michelangelo Antonioni took the London premiere audience to Zabriskie Point... #ZabriskiePoint #1970s #film #films #MichelangeloAntonioni #MarkFrechette #DariaHalprin #PaulFix #GDSpradlin

05.03.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-one years ago today at the Empire Leicester Square, 2010 was the year audiences made contact... #2010 #1980s #PeterHyams #RoyScheider #JohnLithgow #HelenMirren #BobBalaban #KeirDullea #scifi #sciencefiction #ArthurCClarke

05.03.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Final Score by Emmett Grogan (Eugene Leo Grogan) (Panther, 1978). #FinalScore #EmmettGrogan #1970s #books #book #Paperback #cover #PantherBook #PantherBooks #crime #thrillerbooks #thriller #thrillers

05.03.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blade: The Laredo Assignment by Matt Chisholm (Peter Watts) (Hamlyn, 1979). #TheLaredoAssignment #BladeTheLaredoAssignment #1970s #MattChisholm #PeterWatts #Western #book #books #paperback #cover #artwork #coverart

04.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Frontiers Of Death by James Turner (Cassell & Company Ltd., 1957). #TheFrontiersOfDeath #JamesTurner #1950s #book #books #coverart #cover #artwork #crime #mystery #thriller #Thrillers #ThrillerBooks

03.03.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-three years ago today, there was Enigma in London cinemas… #Enigma #film #films #1980s #JeannotSzwarc #MartinSheen #SamNeill #BrigitteFossey #DerekJacobi #FrankFinlay #MichaelLonsdale #WarrenClarke

03.03.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-three years ago today in London cinemas, they were the future and no one could stop them… #ClassOf1984 #film #films #1980s #MarkLLester #PerryKing #MerrieLynnRoss #TimothyVanPatten #RoddyMcDowall #LisaLanglois #MichaelJFox

03.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty years ago today, there was Inserts at the Prince Charles Cinema… #Inserts #1970s #film #films #JohnByrum #RichardDreyfuss #JessicaHarper #BobHoskins #VeronicaCartwright #StephenDavies

03.03.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favourite authors, David Goodis, was born on this day in 1917, and sadly passed away in 1967... #DavidGoodis #author #writer #OnThisDay #books #Paperback #NOIR #crime #mystery

02.03.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-eight years ago today, a story of today opened at the Leicester Square Theatre... #TomorrowNeverComes #1970s #film #films #PeterCollinson #SusanGeorge #StephenMcHattie #OliverReed #RaymondBurr #JohnIreland #DonaldPleasence #thriller

02.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fifty-four years ago today, the man from Shaft was sensational as Shannon at the - appropriately named for the man from Shaft - ABC Shaftesbury Avenue... #Embassy #1970s #film #films #GordonHessler #RichardRoundtree #ChuckConnors #RayMilland #MaxVonSydow

02.03.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-seven years ago today at the Plaza 1 cinema, with $250 million in gold at stake, hitting a 4 star general came cheap... #BrassTarget #1970s #JohnHough #GeorgeKennedy #JohnCassavetes #sophialoren #RobertVaughn #PatrickMcGoohan #BruceDavison

02.03.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-two years ago today, London cinema audiences had The Right Stuff... #TheRightStuff #1980s #film #films #PhilipKaufman #TomWolfe #film #films #SamShepard #ScottGlenn #EdHarris #DennisQuaid #FredWard #BarbaraHershey #VeronicaCartwright #KimStanley

02.03.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cornered! by James McKimmey (Dell First Edition B157, May 1960). Cover Art by Harry Schaare. #Cornered #1960s #JamesMcKimmey #book #books #Paperback #cover #covers #coverart #artwork #HarrySchaare #crime #mystery #thriller #thrillerbooks #thrillers #DellFirstEdition

02.03.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Hunter And The Trapped by Josephine Bell (Doris Bell Collier) (Hodder And Stoughton, 1963). Cover Art by Von Briesen. #TheHunterAndTheTrapped #1960s #book #Books #coverart #COVER #artwork #VonBriesen #HodderAdStoughton #crime #ThrillerBooks #thriller#thrillers #mystery #JosephineBell

01.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twelve years ago today I was on a discussion panel at Glasgow @frightfest.bsky.social with @nucleusfilms.bsky.social and @alanfrightfest.bsky.social following the premiere of Marc Morris and Jake West's documentary Video Nasties: Draconian Days... #Frightfest #VideoNastiesDraconianDays

01.03.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-one years ago today, Country opened at the Odeon Haymarket... #Country #1980s #film #films #SamShepard #JessicaLange #WilfordBrimley

01.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-seven years ago today, London cinema audiences found out whether this was β€˜The most stunning and powerful film of all time’... #TheDeerHunter #1970s #film #films #MichaelCimino #RobertDeNiro #JohnSavage #JohnCazale #ChristopherWalken #MerylStreep

28.02.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-six years ago today, The Onion Field opened at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue... #TheOnionField #1970s #film #films #JosephWambaugh #HaroldBecker #JamesWoods #JohnSavage #FranklynSeales #TedDanson #RonnyCox #Crime

28.02.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty-four years ago today, North London cinemagoers found out who ran this ruthless power game with blackmail, violence and murder… #Gumshoe #1970s #film #films #StephenFrears #AlbertFinney #BillieWhitelaw #FrankFinlay #JaniceRule #MYSTERY #crime

27.02.2026 08:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-five years ago today, it was The Long Good Friday in West End cinemas... #TheLongGoodFriday #1980s #film #films #JohnMackenzie #BobHoskins #HelenMirren #EddieConstantine #BryanMarshall #DerekThompson #DaveKing #PHMoriarty #crime #thrillers #thriller

26.02.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Town Called Bastard by William Terry (Terry Harknett) (New English Library, July 1974). Movie Tie-In. #ATownCalledBastard #WilliamTerry #TerryHarknett #1970s #book #books #Paperback #cover #NewEnglishLibrary #filmtiein #movietiein #western

26.02.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Writer Anthony Burgess (John Anthony Burgess Wilson) was born on this day in 1917, and passed away in 1993. Burgess wrote many memorable novels, the most famous (or infamous) of which was A Clockwork Orange... #AnthonyBurgess #OnThisDay #AClockworkOrange

25.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty-eight years ago today, North London cinema audiences went round the Mulberry Bush. #HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBush #1960s #film #films #CliveDonner #HunterDavies #BarryEvans #JudyGeeson #AdriennePosta #SheilaWhite #AngelaScoular #VanessaHoward #DianeKeen

25.02.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty-six years ago today, big spenders could see the Sweet Charity UK Gala Premiere... #SweetCharity #1960s #film #films #BobFosse #NeilSimon #ShirleyMacLaine #JohnMcMartin #SammyDavisJr #ChitaRivera #RicardoMontalban #musical

25.02.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-four years ago today, there was Reds in London cinemas... #Reds #1980s #film #films #WarrenBeatty #DianeKeaton #JackNicholson

25.02.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty-four years ago today in London cinemas, there was more of the night He came home... #HalloweenII #1980s #film #films #RickRosenthal #JamieLeeCurtis #DonaldPleasence #michaelmyers #HorrorMovies #horror #JohnCarpenter

25.02.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sadie, Don’t Cry Now by Hank Janson (Stephen Daniel Frances) (New Fiction Press, 1952). Cover Art by Reginald Heade (Reginald Cyril Webb). #SadieDontCryNow #HankJanson #1950s #books #book #Paperback #ReginaldHeade #cover #artwork #coverart

25.02.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0