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Smalltember winds are blowing in, and this year the currents brought us a doozy. SURFER: TEEN CONFRONTS FEARhas 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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Dan: Manhunter: The Final Cut (1986, 2026)
Stu: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Elliott: My Dinner with Andre (1981)
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The Flop House is a bimonthly audio podcast devoted to the worst in recent film. Your hosts (Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, and Stuart Wellington) watch a questionable film just before each episode, and then engage in an unscripted, slightly inebriated discussion, focusing on the movie’s shortcomings and occasional delights.
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