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Plot summary
Amy Herman lives in Sherman Oaks with parents who look after her; she is socially awkward, still a virgin, and depends on her friendship with Megan Stewart, a popular honors student from North Hollywood whose relationship with her mother is volatile. Megan's friends bully Amy, and a rave Megan brings her to goes badly for her. Lexie, a friend of Megan's, hands Megan's social media handle to Josh, who says he is a teenager at a nearby school but shares only one photograph, claiming his webcam is broken. Megan is charmed. She forgives him for missing a party where they were to meet because he is shy, and he describes what she was wearing. The girls talk by webcam and phone, and Megan agrees to meet him in person.
Cast
- Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyeras Lexie
- Brittany Hingleas Chelsea
- Carolina Sabateas Angie
- Trigve Hagenas Gideon
- John K. Frazieras Bill Herman (as John Frazier)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Megan Is Missing (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- New Zealand's Office of Film and Literature Classification banned the film's release there in October 2011, formally classifying it as objectionable.
- It was shot in just one week in 2006 with only five crew members and a budget of around $35,000.
- Director Goi wrote the entire script in only ten days, and then shot the film himself over the course of a single week.
- In November 2020 the film became a pop culture sensation after going viral on TikTok, where users posted their reactions as it progressed and many called it "traumatizing"; the hashtag for the film has over 83 million views.
- Actress Quinn genuinely wore the restraint device shown in the film's most disturbing prop photographs; the images were not staged special effects.
