Megan Is Missing(2011)
2011 · Michael Goi · 86 min
Fourteen-year–old Megan and her best friend Amy spend a lot of time on the internet, posting videos of themselves and chatting with guys online. One night Megan chats with a guy named Josh who convinces her to meet him for a date. The next day, Megan is missing—forever. Based on actual cases of child abduction.
Drama · Horror · Thriller
6.1868 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
5/5
Stays with you
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.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Megan Is Missing rates psychological 4/5, visceral 5/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 5/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 5 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 8 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 97 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 95 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A casual, low-key first half that slowly turns uneasy before a brutal, unrelenting final stretch.
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How scary is Megan Is Missing?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Megan Is Missing rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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