Horror History: MEGAN IS MISSING Is Now 10 Years Old
The extreme found-footage shocker MEGAN IS MISSING was released on this day in 2011.
One of the most shocking horror movies of the 21st Century is
Megan is Missing. It hit on this day in 2011. Written and directed by Michael Goi, the film serves as a stark warning for teens (especially young women) who befriend strangers online. The found footage film is also one of the first examples of a ‘computer screen movie’. A format later popularized by films like
Unfriended and
Searching.
The ending is so harrowing, this horror journalist had trouble watching; people have criticized it for its over-the-top violence. And the sexualization of its young female protagonists. Truthfully, it creeps right up to the border of propaganda. New Zealand actually banned it! Still, fans of extreme horror tropes applaud