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    Dial Up The Future: Jason X (2001)
    Brett Gallman
    • 5 days ago
    • 10 min

    Dial Up The Future: Jason X (2001)

    Brett Gallman recalls how Jason X signaled the rise of Internet access to the latest body count shenanigans of our favorite masked maniacs.
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    Let Blockbusters Be Disreputable Again
    Jacob Knight
    • Apr 11
    • 7 min

    Let Blockbusters Be Disreputable Again

    In which Jacob ponders the question: has our mainstream entertainment become to safe to be, well, entertaining?
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    Slow West: The Creeping Outsider Terror of Ti West
    Jacob Knight
    • Mar 25
    • 13 min

    Slow West: The Creeping Outsider Terror of Ti West

    Jacob goes long on the career of modern horror's most excitingly idiosyncratic auteur.
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    Long Live Goddamn Fucked Up Horror Pictures
    Brett Gallman
    • Mar 24
    • 10 min

    Long Live Goddamn Fucked Up Horror Pictures

    Brett's back at SH and sounding the alarm for folks to just embrace horror movies being out of their fucking minds again.
    288 views0 comments
    Wrapped In Plastic: JCVD's Street Fighter
    Brandon Streussnig
    • Feb 11
    • 6 min

    Wrapped In Plastic: JCVD's Street Fighter

    Brandon's back and telling you why you should embrace the goofy sincerity of notorious video game action epic, STREET FIGHTER.
    470 views0 comments
    Mondo Stuntmen: The Death Defying Maniacs of Jackass
    Anya Stanley
    • Feb 4
    • 6 min

    Mondo Stuntmen: The Death Defying Maniacs of Jackass

    Anya Stanley returns to Secret Handshake and digs into why Death is a omnipresent player in the JACKASS universe.
    62 views0 comments
    A Gunshot Behind the Woodshed: Lee Marvin's Dog Day
    Brandon Streussnig
    • Jan 24
    • 6 min

    A Gunshot Behind the Woodshed: Lee Marvin's Dog Day

    Brandon reveals how a minor late period work tells us all we need to know about Lee Marvin's legacy as a grizzled action star.
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    Meat For the Death Machine: Wes Craven's SCREAM 2
    Brett Gallman
    • Jan 14
    • 9 min

    Meat For the Death Machine: Wes Craven's SCREAM 2

    Brett Gallman breaks down what some consider to be the greatest metatextual slasher sequel of all time.
    55 views0 comments
    Psychic Porno Giallo: Patrick Still Lives (1980)
    Jacob Knight
    • Jan 12
    • 9 min

    Psychic Porno Giallo: Patrick Still Lives (1980)

    Jacob attempts to describe why this Italian rip off of an Australian blockbuster deserves Facemelter canonization.
    95 views0 comments
    Fuck You, Spaceman: The Ecstatic Action Cinema of Craig R. Baxley
    Brandon Streussnig
    • Dec 24, 2021
    • 7 min

    Fuck You, Spaceman: The Ecstatic Action Cinema of Craig R. Baxley

    Secret Handshake welcomes Brandon Streussnig into the fold, who in turn indoctrinates us into the action cinema cult of Craig Baxley.
    419 views0 comments
    Slime Mansion: The Cult Classic That Is The Kindred
    Brett Gallman
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 8 min

    Slime Mansion: The Cult Classic That Is The Kindred

    Brett Gallman on why you should be seeking out Synapse's restoration of this highly entertaining monster mash.
    246 views0 comments
    Italian-American: Abel Ferrara's Tommaso
    Jacob Knight
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    Italian-American: Abel Ferrara's Tommaso

    Jacob dives into Abel Ferrara's less celebrated (yet no less essential) works of uncomfortable autobiography.
    26 views0 comments
    Ryder On the Rain: The Hitcher (And Robert Harmon's Other Road Horror)
    Jacob Knight
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 9 min

    Ryder On the Rain: The Hitcher (And Robert Harmon's Other Road Horror)

    Jacob goes long on the greatest road horror movie of all time.
    70 views0 comments
    A Pistol For My Partner: The Tall T (1957)
    Greg Ferrara
    • Oct 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    A Pistol For My Partner: The Tall T (1957)

    Greg Ferrara joins the SH gang to talk about Budd Boetticher's heralded Elmore Leonard adaptation.
    95 views0 comments
    Dimension of the Damned: The DTV Children of the Corn Sequels
    Brett Gallman
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 8 min

    Dimension of the Damned: The DTV Children of the Corn Sequels

    Brett Gallman is back and is walking behind the rows with these Dimension CHILDREN OF THE CORN sequels.
    74 views0 comments
    Kill Like a Man: Night Warning (1981)
    Preston Fassel
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 16 min

    Kill Like a Man: Night Warning (1981)

    Preston returns to SH with one of the most bonkers camp slasher films of all time.
    101 views0 comments
    The Westerner: An Interview With SUPERNORMAL Cinematographer Laurie Gilbert
    Simon Abrams
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 11 min

    The Westerner: An Interview With SUPERNORMAL Cinematographer Laurie Gilbert

    Simon Abrams sits down with the cinematographer of the black magic Hong Kong Mondo doc.
    108 views0 comments
    Choice Cuts: Body Parts & The Unapologetic Entertainments of Eric Red
    Brett Gallman
    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 6 min

    Choice Cuts: Body Parts & The Unapologetic Entertainments of Eric Red

    Brett Gallman returns to SH and delivers some words on Eric Red's deranged Frankenstein splatter picture.
    77 views0 comments
    Casual Fridays: Slasher Cinema's Brutal Basics
    Brian Collins
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 7 min

    Casual Fridays: Slasher Cinema's Brutal Basics

    Body count guru Brian Collins stops by to comment on possibly the most important slasher element: the killer's mask!
    154 views0 comments
    I Kill For Love: Kinji Fukasaku's Black Lizard (1968)
    Simon Abrams
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 10 min

    I Kill For Love: Kinji Fukasaku's Black Lizard (1968)

    Simon Abrams returns to SH, dissecting the seminal queer smash that breathed new life to Fukasaku's career.
    211 views0 comments
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