Megan is Missing is not the real-life story of two persons in particular. Different parts of the story came from different abduction cases of children that happened in real life.
Megan Is Missing shares similarities with the real-life case of Miranda Gaddis and Ashley Pond, two friends who were murdered in 2002. However, director Michael Goi has not explicitly stated that the film was inspired by this particular incident.
2011 was when Megan is Missing first came out. Then, many who watched it were not happy at all because they felt the film took violence to too high a level all because it wanted to be real. So many years down the line, the dramatization has been re-discovered by Gen Z in recent years, with the film going viral on TikTok and Twitter in 2020.
Is Megan is Missing Real Story?
If you watch Megan is Missing, you will find that the movie tells the story of two girls, friends, who were later taken away from their families. The whole story is a really sad one and as such, many pray for it not to be real. But some still use their brain to know that no matter what they wish for, the things in the film may have actually occurred. Well, Megan is Missing is not a real story i.e. it is not based on the real-life story of one girl or two girls in particular. But the things in the film came from real life cases.
What you have is the person who directed the movie, who also happens to be the person that wrote the story, read about cases of abducted children in the real life. He, his name is David Goi by the way, now took different parts from those cases and now built it into one story.
Goi has told everyone that he did not make up anything that we saw in Megan is Missing. Everything comes from the different cases that he read about; they are seven in number. He looked at the surveillance videos and photos in the files of those cases. He also read the recording of what was said in court.
According to Goi, the movie is entirely accurate as to what actually happened in these seven individual cases. We can take Goi’s words seriously. Before now, organizations that are working to keep children safe have seen him come to them to work with them.
One of them is KlaasKids Foundation. It was in honor of a twelve-year-old, Polly Hannah Klaas, who was taken away and then killed that this organization was set up. KlaasKids wants the society to give the seriousness it deserves to crimes against kids and work together to remove these crimes from society.
Is There a Megan is Missing Real Footage?
There is no Megan is Missing real footage. The director only employed a commonly-known cinematographic technique known as found footage. Rather than just shooting the actors and actresses in action and then presenting what has been shot to the audience, the filmmaker uses videos that look like what was recorded by the subjects of the film themselves. These recordings are supposedly of real-life events that are not tempered with but woven into the sequence of the movie. However, they are actually not real.
At the time that Megan is Missing begins, both girls are already missing, and investigators assemble home movies as well as video chats in order to decipher what happened. These home movies and video chats seem like they are real-life footage, but the fact remains that there is no Megan is Missing real footage.
Of course, as has already been pointed out above, the movie’s plot is inspired by several real-life cases of child abduction and murder. Therefore, surveillance tapes, videos, and photographs tied to these cases actually exist. David Goi actually showed one of the real-life sadistic torture photos to the actress who portrayed Megan, and she started crying.
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What is Megan is Missing About?
In Megan is Missing, we see two teenage girls, Amy and Megan, who attend the same school and later become friends. Part of the reason for their friendship is a sad one; terrible things have happened to them. Megan was raped by her stepfather at age 9. She told the police and he was imprisoned and for this, her mom is angry with her. What about Amy? She clings to childhood dolls as if her life depends on it which is unhealthy.
Megan and Amy do all sorts of things teens will do; illegal parties, drugs (Megan) etc. Online, Megan is also talking to an adult male that she does not know. She later goes to meet him and he abducts her. Not only does he torture her, he rapes and kills her.
The man in question later goes to a spot that Megan and Amy often go. There, he kidnaps Amy and then takes her back to the place where he has Megan’s dead body.
2020 is When Megan is Missing Went Viral on The Internet
The people who played the different characters in Megan is Missing were people who we don’t know much about. The person who made the film did not want people who were so famous that the focus would now be on them rather than the story. Amber Perkins was Amy Herman while Rachel Quinn played Megan Stewart.
After the director finished making Megan is Missing, the film was shown in only a few places for watching movies in the U.S. Many were not happy with it due to all the horrible scenes and so the film did not make so much money.
In 2020, some people who watched Megan is Missing talked about it online. Many went to watch it and then came to TikTok and Twitter to say or write what they felt about the horrible things that are shown in Megan is Missing. Some also spoke about how the film had altered them. For some, they were now more careful about using social media.
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Was Megan Ever Found in Megan is Missing?
Megan was never found in Megan is Missing. We know from what transpired in the movie that she went to meet up with the supposed 17-year-old Josh in a secluded area behind a diner. He abducted and took her back to a secret location where he raped and tortured her. The authorities did all they could to find Megan, but they never saw her either dead or alive.
However, by the time Amy is kidnapped by Josh, she discovers Megan’s dead body. Worse still, he buries her and Megan’s dead body together, and that is where the film comes to an end, meaning that Megan was never found in Megan is Missing.
How Did Megan Die in Megan Is Missing?
Megan was tortured to death in Megan is Missing. As pointed out, her abductor, Josh, raped her. He also tortured her and secured her in a contraption that forced her mouth, nostrils, and eyes open in a very grotesque manner. The sadist would later reveal the tortured image of Megan on a few online platforms, much to Amy’s anguish.
