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 5

  • Spine #58 - Judgment Night

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    Spine #58 - Judgment Night

    S05 E05
    01:53:38
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    The second film from sturdy genre workman Stephen Hopkins to enter the SH collection (following the gory glory of PREDATOR 2), Marten gets to wax lyrical about everything from Dennis Leary to bloodthirsty lions to Gene Hackman's addiction to Puerto Rican prostitutes. Don't play yourself and tune in now.

  • Spine #57 - Redemption (a/k/a Hummingbird)

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    Spine #57 - Redemption (a/k/a Hummingbird)

    S05 E04
    01:52:02
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    It's a new year and the boys are here to protect the hive. In celebration of THE BEEKEEPER, Jason Statham's latest bit of bald badassery, Jacob and Marten dive down a rabbit hole filed with headbutts, foul language, and kung fu to try and figure out what makes Statham one of our essential action stars. It's possible no one survives.

  • Spine #56 - Silent Night, Deadly Night

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    Spine #56 - Silent Night, Deadly Night

    S05 E03
    01:29:51
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    Feliz Navidad fuckfaces! For the last episode of '23, Jacob and Marten throw one of the sleaziest slashers of all time into the canon: the nasty killer Santa body count opus, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT. Just so you know, you're all NAUGHTY on our list.

  • Spine #55 - Black Rain

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    Spine #55 - Black Rain

    S05 E02
    01:37:53
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    We're back baby! After a (too long) hiatus, the boys sit down with Ridley Scott's long, winding filmography, ultimately ending on BLACK RAIN being their favorite. Oh, and they also check out a little (pun intended) French Emperor named Napoleon while they're at it. Secret Handshake returns!

  • Spine #54 - Bram Stoker's Dracula

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    Spine #54 - Bram Stoker's Dracula

    S05 E01
    01:42:08
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    2023 has Dracula Fever!* To celebrate, the boys revisit Francis Ford Coppola's phantasmagoric experimental interpretation of Bram Stoker's infamous novel, before traversing down the cinematic history of the world's most iconic vampire. We vant to suck yo blood!*Well, not really, according to box office reports.