Horror movies directed by Michael Goi

How Mary scares: It starts slow, almost like a family drama about a struggling business, before quietly tipping into dread once the family is stuck out on open water. The back half picks up the pace with more direct scares and violence as the boat's dark history starts to surface. The fear leans supernatural, tied to an old curse rather than a human killer, and it mixes moody atmosphere with a few nasty, bloody moments near the end. It's a decent pick if you like isolated, haunted-object horror but don't need it to be flawless or deeply original.

How Megan Is Missing scares: The first hour plays like a low-budget home video diary of two teenage girls just talking, joking, and posting clips online, with almost nothing that feels like a normal horror movie. Then the structure flips hard into raw, unedited found-footage style for its final stretch, and the pace turns brutal and unrelenting with no music or jump scares to soften it. The fear here comes from how ordinary and real it all feels, not from theatrics, which is exactly why it's gotten a reputation as one of the hardest horror movies to sit through. This is not a fun watch or a date-night pick; it's grim, upsetting, and made to feel like something that could actually happen.