Fateful Findings - 2013 - Neil Breen __exclusive__ -

The climax arrives when Leah is kidnapped by an unknown assailant. Dylan uses teleportation powers to rescue her. Before releasing his hacked findings to the world, he visits his psychotherapist one last time—only to discover that she has been a ghost the entire time. He must then answer to a council of spirits guarding the mysterious book.

The film opens with two children—a boy named Dylan and a girl named Leah—on a hike through the woods. They discover a stash containing a magical black stone (sometimes described as a black cube or a set of rocks) imbued with mystical powers. Shortly thereafter, the children are separated when Leah moves away, leaving Dylan heartbroken.

The cult grew through underground screenings, festival appearances, and eventually word-of-mouth online. Fateful Findings first gained attention at the 2012 Butt-Numb-A-Thon, an invite-only film festival, before making its public debut at the Seattle International Film Festival in May 2013. The Seattle festival’s programmer, Clinton McClung, said he selected the film despite its amateurishness because of its uniqueness and cult appeal. Micro-distributor Panorama Entertainment then picked it up for theatrical release, hoping its “WTF factor” would attract audiences seeking spectacle of the strangest kind. Fateful Findings - 2013 - Neil Breen

Fateful Findings (2012/2013) is his magnum opus, the film that truly solidified his cult legend. A micro-budget science fiction drama that defies all conventional narrative logic, it is a film where hacking involves yelling at laptops, where mystical rocks grant omniscience, and where the phrase "I can't believe you committed suicide" is delivered with the emotional weight of a grocery list. Upon its release, it was declared one of the worst films ever made, yet that very failure—so earnest, so spectacular, and so uniquely bizarre—transformed it into an essential monument for fans of outsider art.

Breen heavily utilizes rudimentary green screens, placing characters in unnaturally static office buildings, luxury homes, or digital voids, enhancing the film's dreamlike isolation. The climax arrives when Leah is kidnapped by

, a former architect and real estate agent turned independent filmmaker. The film has earned a significant cult following, often being categorized as a quintessential example of "so bad it's good" outsider art, frequently compared to Tommy Wiseau's The Room . Plot and Themes

“I know,” he said, not looking down. “I hacked the afterlife.” He must then answer to a council of

Part of the fun is spotting the specific quirks of Breen’s filmmaking. Check these off as you watch:

The plot (such as it is): A brilliant novelist/scientist/hacker/magician (Breen himself, always wearing the same black suit) discovers he can communicate with supernatural forces via his laptop. He uncovers a global conspiracy involving pharmaceutical companies, government assassins, and… marriage problems. Armed with a mysterious green stone, the ability to faint on command, and a staggering lack of social grace, he sets out to “expose the corrupt” – while also rekindling an affair with an old flame who may or may not be his dead friend’s wife.

Dylan owns at least four identical, ancient laptops placed around his cluttered office. He types on one, then spins in his chair to type on another. He claims he can “hack any mainframe” by simply pressing the “Delete” key. The computers beep with the enthusiasm of a microwave oven.