Megan Is Missing (2011)

Stars	User	Rating
3	Obdurate	90 _91st
Oh god, those images... There are a few scenes in this movie that are pitch perfect, including the last 22 minutes (you'll see). This is disturbing, it builds and builds, and the visual style (the 'hand held' style that makes it look like real footage) is perfect for this. I can't watch this again, but when I was watching it I was really involved. I was grossed out, the characters felt genuine (props to the lead actresses) and I felt awful. It shook me to my core. Fuck this movie... I love it.
2	Moribunny	68 _70th
Another good demonstration of how you can make an effectively horrifying piece of cinema on a low budget. On the other hand, while a labor of love, its flaws glare. The realism is compromised by quite a lot of contrivances, most of them stemming from the devout adherence to the "all found footage" ideal. Aside from excusing the cheap cinematography, it's a device meant to hook the audience into believing. Alas, too many speciously convenient shots make it double-edged, as it so often is.
2	Ytadel	6 _70th
I'm giving this a green rating because Michael Goi pulled off something that no other horror filmmaker in the last five years has done: legitimately disturbed me. I chuckled through Human Centipede and slept like a baby an hour later, but Megan Is Missing actually made my heart race and my stomach churn, and I turned on the lights when the movie was over. However, it's held back by some decidedly spotty acting and especially the borderline-comic news report scenes.
2	Suture Self	3 _25th
Deductions for every single word of dialogue, the plot, the characters, those stupid fucking news broadcasts and that ludicrous reenactment scene. Extra points for the super-creative internet predator guy and his barrel disposal approach.
1	yawkcorb	70 _19th
I have seen a lot of movies, and very few of them terrify me like this one. Yes, the acting is generally bad; but that somehow didn't dampen the effect. My theory is that since the tragic events in the movie actually happen and touch us in real life (it's something we've all seen on the news, at the very least) my mind was able to tie this into reality and some fears as a parent, so the bad acting didn't matter; the amount of terror generated was almost palpable. I may have cried a little.
1	Dunder74	4 _20th
Don't be a fool, Megan is Missing is bad, laughably bad. The acting, writing, and essentially everything else is hastily made. However, the two or three truly horrific scenes are, well, horrific. Not in any other movie have I felt such a shock. Much, much better than The Human Centipede series, but still torture porn.
1	KramYessev	72 _62nd
I need to shower. For a year.

Average Percentile 24.8% from 179 Ratings