---
title: "Episode #490 \u2013 Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2026\/09\/episode-490-surfer-teen-confronts-fear\/"
date: "2026-09-05T10:00:00+00:00"
episode_number: 490
movie: "Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear"
---

# Episode #490 – Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear

Smalltember winds are blowing in, and this year the currents brought us a doozy. [SURFER: TEEN CONFRONTS FEAR](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8027286/) has already become a new bad movie classic, and we had a lot of fun(?) confronting this strange object that arrived at Flop House central like a beached whale. It’s a metaphysical monologue! It’s a stealth religious film! It’s a military thriller! It’s a surfing movie! It’s a dad wasting his kid’s time! It’s a way to use up old home movies by sneaking them into your narrative film! It’s all this and much more!

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 No Wikipedia page for Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear, but [here’s a Screen Slate article!](https://www.screenslate.com/articles/surfer-teen-confronts-fear)

 Recommended in this episode:

 Dan: [Manhunter: The Final Cut (1986, 2026)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_manhunter)

 Stu: [Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35298123/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_teenage%20sex)

 Elliott: [My Dinner with Andre (1981)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082783/?ref_=fn_t_1)