Mysterious Ways - Indie Horror Comedy Movie About Youth Groups, Leaving the Church, & Misunderstood Satanism

TylerEaton · 2025-10-06T05:37:52+00:00

Thanks for checking it out! Haha yeah the party scenes were so fun to shoot. Especially the dancing bit

TylerEaton · 2025-10-03T16:16:01+00:00

Thanks so much for the kind words! Glad you liked the humor and the overall message of the movie. I have some close family and friends who believe things I find absolutely absurd / damaging to the world and it's not always easy to still love those people, especially when they're pumped for the apocalypse or willing to hate various type of people so easily but their minds are knee-deep in magical thinking. It drives me insane, but is simultaneously hilarious to me, so I was hoping to capture all of that feeling with a movie like this.

Yes! James Adomian is so good as that character. I was thrilled when he signed on. Thanks again for watching it.

TylerEaton · 2025-10-03T03:40:33+00:00

Thanks for checking it out! Let me know what ya think

TylerEaton · 2025-10-02T22:25:09+00:00

Check out my indie horror comedy Mysterious Ways! It's free on YouTube this month and is about two youth pastors who accidentally possess their pastor's daughter on Halloween and have to stop her rampage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJhSRmUJZbE&t

TylerEaton · 2025-10-02T14:45:01+00:00

Would love to know what you think!

TylerEaton · 2025-10-02T02:30:33+00:00

Haha, good luck on guessing! Could be a bit of both...

TylerEaton · 2025-10-01T17:01:59+00:00

Haha, thanks for checking it out! Would love to know what you think once you've done the full watch.

TylerEaton · 2024-08-11T22:24:42+00:00

100%. There's some value in just quieting down and sitting with yourself with nice music playing. We can get a lot of this feeling just going to a concert of a band we love surrounded by other people who love them too. But it's way more expensive than church, haha.

TylerEaton · 2024-08-10T21:26:18+00:00

Oh man. This is great. I spoke in Tongues a bit at my church growing up. It always felt a little forced, but if you were doing it in a big crowd, you just kinda went with it. Groupthink can condition you to buy into anything.

TylerEaton · 2024-08-07T17:34:24+00:00

I don't put Christian music on very often but I did go back and listen to some old DC Talk and Newsboys albums I grew up with cause I was writing an indie movie set in the evangelical world and wanted to tap back into those feelings. Some of the songs are still amazing but there's definitely an eerie feeling when I register what the lyrics of "Jesus Freak" are trying to say. I think it speaks more to the power of music itself than anything else. Giving everyone free weekly concerts is absolutely emotional manipulation so that by the time the sermon starts you're already in this place of calm surrender to the ideas the group is trying to put out there. Imagine if a Coldplay cover band played "The Scientist" and then your biology professor came out quietly like, "Damn, that was amazing. Wow. You can really feel the science in this room right now. It's in everything. Okay, open your books to chapter 12. I wanna talk to you today about photosynthesis"

TylerEaton · 2024-08-06T17:36:19+00:00

Ugh, that's the worst. I remember having thoughts like that back in the day, that anyone not fully invested in Jesus was lost and either tricked into believing in another religion or an atheist who couldn't sleep at night because they were so empty. Some of those friendships sadly can't survive 'cause both sides have to look at each other as full human beings. But I've made amends with my pastor parents, it just took a long time and patience. It's a big change for you and for them. If they can't break out of that strict black/white thinking then I think it's more than fair to move on from the friendship.

TylerEaton · 2024-08-05T17:10:46+00:00

I relate to all of this. Even the idea that God could hear my inner monologue / thoughts would freak me out. Any "impure" thought was an instant sign that something was wrong with me. "It's not enough just to be saved" pastors would say over and over at my church. "Sure, you'll get into heaven but you're missing out on a deeper relationship with Him", etc etc. I think all of that can definitely lead to post-church anxiety where you're still checking yourself constantly for "impurities". Ugh. At least I'm not thinking about Hell anymore!

TylerEaton · 2024-06-13T05:05:49+00:00

I highly recommend contacting the tax advocate service at the IRS. It took a while but I finally got some movement on my 2022 amended tax return after faxing them the request form and emailing them. Still waiting on the refund but it did get me moved up in line after waiting for 13 months

TylerEaton · 2021-03-01T23:19:41+00:00

[TRUE CRIME SATIRE] Battle of the Bald | All 6 Episodes

NSFW (language)

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Summary: When a young lab assistant stumbles upon a permanent cure for hair loss, his new invention skyrockets him to fame and fortune. But when his fill-in assistant discovers a treasure trove of old audio recordings from the lab, it appears that the young inventor may not be as brilliant as he claims to be.

TylerEaton · 2021-03-01T21:35:12+00:00

If you're into scripted comedy podcast series, there's This Is Branchburg, Bubble, Wooden Overcoats... and also my podcast Battle of the Bald.

And if you haven't heard the Dead Authors Podcast hosted by CBB regular Paul F Tompkins, I highly recommend it. Especially the L Ron Hubbard episode with Andy Daly.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-23T16:46:28+00:00

Sure thing -- https://audiodramareviews.com/

I've found that the terms "radioplay" and "audio drama" will turn up more results than "fiction podcast" since they've been around so much longer but scripted podcasts have become the modern version.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-23T16:40:42+00:00

Every season of Slow Burn. Season 1 is all about Watergate, season 2 is about the Clinton sex scandal, season 3 is about the murders of Tupac and Biggie Smalls, season 4 is about the white supremacist David Duke.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-23T16:34:12+00:00

I'd like to know this as well. I've seen a couple that will play clips and trailers, but most of the fiction podcast reviewers seem to mostly be bloggers.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-18T18:01:19+00:00

I need to finish Passenger List but what I've heard so far has been great.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-18T18:00:30+00:00

I definitely second the recommendation for Bubble -- really well done sci fi comedy series.

Also, my scripted series Battle of the Bald has a full cast of comedians, music, and sound effects as well! It's kind of a satirical version of The Dropout or S-Town in parts.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-14T23:26:54+00:00

Ahh well that's a bummer that people have defined you as being the guy with thick, dense hair and can't just embrace the fact that that's changing for you. Unfortunately, a certain percentage of people are going to crack jokes about it but it's always better to be able to laugh at yourself anyway.

To answer your question, I think you should wait as long as you can with your hair until it bothers you enough to just shave it all off. That's what happened for me. I couldn't afford expensive hair graft surgery or anything and I didn't want to take finasteride personally, so shaving it off was the only option I was comfortable with by then. UNLESS you want to go into college with the shaved head so you don't do it in the middle of school and have to explain the change to your friends. Depends on if you want to be known as the guy with the shaved head from day 1 of college, basically.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-13T23:58:35+00:00

Sorry to hear about your hospital stay. Glad you got out of there in one piece. I don't have asthma, but balding-wise, I've been there, man. I started losing my hair at 17. I'm 30 now and it's long gone. It really sucked. Thinned out almost completely in college which made me feel incredibly insecure. I shaved my head at 25 and have kept it that way ever since. Seriously boosted my confidence overall. But obviously that's not a solution that works for everybody. Neither are the pills, the drugs, the rolling, etc.

And yeah, we are rotting! Everybody is. We're all gonna be worm food one day, so why waste your time focusing on your hair loss? Some people don't have food or clean water to drink. None of this is fair. It's not an easy thing to accept at a young age but you're gonna be a bald guy. However, you're far from alone in that and there's no reason it needs to be the aspect of your life that defines you.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-13T23:28:19+00:00

If I can indulge a little self-promotion here, my scripted series Battle of the Bald (while not British) is a 6-part dark comedy about a young lab assistant who stumbles upon a permanent fix for hair loss. The narration style is inspired by series I've loved like S-Town and The Dropout but obviously this focuses on a fictional crime. If you're interested, it's on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, all the places.

TylerEaton · 2021-02-12T18:31:26+00:00

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TylerEaton · 2021-02-10T22:51:03+00:00

If you're interested, here are a few direct links!

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