Released #OnThisDay 40 years ago. Michael Mann's very stylized serial killer thriller based on Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon, and Hannibal Lecter's first appearance on screen. A box-office bomb back in the day that has gained a cult status over the years. #Manhunter 📽️ 🎞️

Poster for the serial killer thriller 'Manhunter' (1986). Based on the 1981 novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring William Petersen, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina, Brian Cox, Kim Greist, Joan Allen and Stephen Lang. On the top half of the poster a black, yellow and black illustration of a bearded man's face (William Petersen as Will Graham) and at the bottom half an illustration of the aforementioned man standing at a doorway holding a flashlight. At the bottom of the poster the film's title in orange stylized letters. On the top of the poster the tagline "It's just you and me now, sport..." in white letters.