Secret Handshake Explicit

by Jacob Knight, Marten Carlson & Cody Bouchard

The podcast that covers the movies that help you identify your friends...and maybe make a few more along the way. Every week, Jacob, Cody, and Marten introduce a new title into their ever-growing collection of shared favorites, break them down to the basics, and decide whether or not they deserve to be bestowed with the oh-so-holy award of being a Certified Facemelter. What spine number will they cover this week? Tune in and fi ...   ...  Read more
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 6

  • Spine #74 - Den of Thieves

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    Spine #74 - Den of Thieves

    S06 E09
    Jan 16, 2025
    01:21:32
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    Big Nick Fever has hit Secret Handshake! To celebrate the release of DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA, Jacob tries to convert Marten into being a Butler Boy and even makes him watch Gerard's HAS FALLEN trilogy (OLYMPUS/LONDON/ANGEL) for good measure. How does the first experiment of 2025 turn out? Tune in and find out!

  • Spine #73 - Return of the Living Dead

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    Spine #73 - Return of the Living Dead

    S06 E08
    Dec 31, 2024
    01:14:15
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    Braaaaaaaains! For our last episode of 2024, the boys bust out what the consider the second best zombie movie of all time: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. Send more cops! These things are hungry!

  • Spine #72 - Maniac Cop

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    Spine #72 - Maniac Cop

    S06 E07
    Dec 19, 2024
    01:22:10
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    You have the right to remain silent...FOREVER! It's getting chilly out, so the fellas have decided to tackle NYC Grime Godfather Bill Lustig's winter nightmares, the MANIAC COP trilogy! Serve. Protect. KILL. Is this the finest collection of urban slashers? Find out now.

  • Spine #71 - The Night Comes For Us

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    Spine #71 - The Night Comes For Us

    S06 E06
    Dec 11, 2024
    01:23:01
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    YAHHHHHHHHHHH! In celebration of his latest psychotic Facemelter (THE SHADOW STRAYS), the boys throw down over their favorite action filmmaker in the world right now: Timo Tjahjanto; tracing his roots back to his partnership with fellow Indonesian asskicker Gareth Evans. How much bodily damage can you endure? Find out here.

  • Spine #70 - The Chocolate War

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    Spine #70 - The Chocolate War

    S06 E05
    Nov 24, 2024
    01:13:51
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    One of Marten's favorites is the focus of our 70th spine: Keith Gordon's anti-authoritarian prep school fantasy THE CHOCOLATE WAR. We pair it with three other Adam Baldwin-starring coming of age classics to highlight an underseen subgenre of American teen cinema. Crank up the Peter Gabriel, this is a weird one, folks.