Megan Is Missing is a 2011 American found footage psychological horror film[4] written, directed, edited, and co-produced by Michael Goi.

[5] The film revolves around the days leading up to the disappearance of Megan Stewart (Rachel Quinn), a popular high school student in North Hollywood who decided to meet up with a boy she was interacting with online, and the subsequent investigation launched by her best friend Amy Herman (Amber Perkins).

Because of the graphic content, he requested that the parents of the young cast be on set during filming so that they were fully aware of their involvement in the project.

Goi later issued public warnings to prospective viewers after many users began calling the film "traumatizing.

"[9] The film placed sixth in the DEG Watched at Home Top 20 Chart for Week Ending November 21, 2020.

Investigators assembled web-chat videos, home movies, and news reports chronicling their disappearances to bring awareness to the importance of online safety for children.

From footage found the night of the party, Amy is visibly uncomfortable and gets assaulted when she refuses to have sex with one of the men attending.

On January 17, news reports reveal that Megan vanished and the last footage of her is from the diner's grainy security camera, showing her being grabbed by the wrist by an indistinct older man.

Subsequently, graphic images of a tortured Megan's mouth, nostrils, and eyes forced open while immobilized in a pillory table begin surfacing on fetish forums.

While recording a video diary underneath an old bridge where she would share secrets with Megan, Amy is grabbed by a man.

She is forced inside alongside Megan's body and begs to live while Josh digs a large hole in a forest.

The casting was intentional, as Goi wanted the characters to be portrayed by non-recognizable actors for the film to have an "air of reality."

[11][2] Amber Perkins, who had previously only done background work for television shows and commercials, was cast in the lead role of Amy Herman.

[2] Quinn spent several hours having the special effects for Megan's corpse reveal applied to her and had to wear oversized white contact lenses that essentially blinded her when shooting in the barrel.

He wanted the audience to be able to tell that it's her, that she looked realistically dead, and to show that she suffered tremendously in the process of dying.

Stating, "It took days for me to shake the horrible feeling this movie left in me, but that just means it was effective in what it set out to do — show this real and plausible scenario of how internet predators work.

"[14] In a negative review for the Oklahoma Gazette, Rod Lott criticized Goi's characterization and handling of Megan and the acting from the rest of the cast.

[16][17] HorrorNews.net gave a more positive review, saying that the first portion of the film "really works", although they felt that the final twenty-two minutes "went a little overboard".

[19] Beyond the violent conclusion, Jones emphasizes the film's early scenes succeed in pushing for conversations regarding online safety, healthy communication between parents or trusted adult figures and children, and reaching out for help.

[19] The film was controversial upon its limited release due to its graphic and exploitative depiction of violence and rape and the overt sexualization of the fourteen-year-old titular protagonist.

[22] After being informed by Perkins that the film had gone viral, Goi later issued a trigger warning for prospective viewers: "Do not watch the movie in the middle of the night.

A few years after its release, a production company in Mexico approached Goi to make a Spanish language remake of the film with a Mexican cast.