'Megan is Missing' is Not Real | Explained

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Stay Alert Stay Safe, bucko's

[@natashau]

The love I feel for u is 🥺🥺 platonically ofc

[@movieblocks9164]

No u

[@trinaq]

Thanks so much, Amanda, you too! 😘💕

[@possumlodge5368]

The immortal wisdom of Bert and Gert.

[@proxyangel3346]

Please watch the movie "Trust" for a good example of how topics like grooming and online predators can be handled in a brutally honest and realistic way. It is really good.

[@loganmitchell9254]

Megan is Missing is the perfect representation of how old people see teenagers.

[@trinaq]

Precisely, I doubt that the director, writer, producers or ANY of the crew have actually met a teenager in real life! 🙄😉

[@AmandaTheJedi]

What is up my fellow kids

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@trinaq They definitely skipped that part growing up.

[@loganmitchell9254]

@@AmandaTheJedi Great I'm about to go meet up with someone called skaterboy. Never seen his face, his facecam was broken. Can't wait!

[@skylarjohnson7779]

hello, fellow kids.

[@TheNordicHermit]

This movie is about two things: The internet and young people. This is what Micheal Goi does not understand: The internet and young people.

[@carter_lovejoy]

Michael Goi and this “movie”: “How do you do fellow kids?”

[@jimmydandy9364]

ahahaha yeah right, in fact in real world kids act WORSE than they do in the movie.................................

[@AL-lz6px]

@@jimmydandy9364 Shush Jimmy, go back to your afternoon nap, old man.

[@sorayaalcyone2726]

Thank you. And what preteens would feel comfortable telling this man these stories?

[@sorayaalcyone2726]

Idk, he's all over the internet, telling ppl they're negative perception of his movie is due to the fact they're not uh, "smart" enough to get it, or missed the point. Not due to the fact its garbage. He gets the internet, how to fear monger. He's just an incompetent story teller.

[@floraposteschild4184]

Meghan is Missing is just a filmed creepypasta.

[@loganmitchell9254]

Don't diss creppypastas like that 😭

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@loganmitchell9254 There's definitely creepypastas that are high-art.

[@luciendelaney8975]

Nah bc creepy pastas are scary

[@floraposteschild4184]

@@luciendelaney8975 And more true to life.

[@Alanya_neveah]

@@loganmitchell9254 I know 😭

[@phabiorules]

Tik Tok: this is the most traumatizing movie of all time. KZbin: God this movie blows.

[@beautyandtheoffbeats]

Tik Tok: So disturbing KZbin: LOL this movie sucks

[@ikesmith1993]

@Ethan Rosselot goddamn😞

[@oddeyes9413]

@@beautyandtheoffbeats Yup. That's true.

[@Kidneystones27]

@Ethan Rosselot buuuuuurrrrnnnnn 🔥🔥🔥🔥 lmao

[@NobodyWantsYourPity]

@Ethan Rosselot LOL

[@Instasham]

oh boy can’t wait for tiktok to find out about Blair Witch Project

[@wolfy297]

@ECKohns lmao they're gonna shit themselves

[@andrewb6194]

@ECKohns isn’t that movie banned in multiple countries? It’s literally one of the most controversial films in existence!

[@alonzofloyd4039]

Silence of the Lambs The Blair Witch Project Poughkeepsie Tapes Cannibal Holocaust Come and See Are all WORSE than this.

[@Lol-ik8xm]

Then boys, get the popcorn ready.

[@uglybetty8747]

August’s underground

[@zaneps151]

I got called an asshole because when someone defended this movie by saying it’s educational and shows the dangers of the internet I responded by asking “you need a movie to tell you that?”

[@victoriashevlin8587]

Guess it was their first day on the internet, huh...

[@rosxjun]

They probably meant to spread awareness. I wouldn't say it's educational though like...at all.

[@Diana-fg2vy]

Teenagers do , lets be real about the undeveloped brain this is aimed for

[@procrastinating384]

The real dangers of the internet would be something like, adult influcencers who leverage their fame to groom someone. Which kids are quite susceptible to because they don't think too much about it, most adults don't even know it's happening and the boomers don't understand the internet enough to even know how kids can be groomed through that.

[@daniboy4153]

Watch a documentary or an educational video Those teach more than a movie

[@tobiasodr]

People thought that the movie was real? Real people aren't that bad at acting

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Yeah there are a lot of clear indications that this is fake and that's one of the big ones

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@molkereis8626 Yeah.

[@TheSupervaan]

@@molkereis8626 Yeah...wait what? xD

[@swandivemedia9249]

People are dumb, theres people who thought paranormal activity was a real movie.

[@justfuckingwhy]

@@AmandaTheJedi People are literally responding to criticisms of this movie by saying "well it came out in 2007, were you expecting Endgame level shit?" I'm not even making this up.

[@oneinathousand2156]

Next time on TikTok: Teens who don’t watch horror movies start to think the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was real based off of the intro narration.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Oh boy.

[@jojo-he5gj]

Oh god yep

[@DanielleStarry]

And William Shatner was in Halloween

[@MyChannel773]

the blair witch project is a breakthrough in totally real™️ paranormal science

[@justfuckingwhy]

Nah, they're gonna think that Fargo was based off a true story only by the intro.

[@butters796]

Can we remember the fact that he claims his friend's daughter told a story about getting sexually assaulted by a counselor at the age of 10 and he put it in the movie as a story instead of going to the cops or the child's parents

[@alexisventura7191]

Yeah, we should probably be remembering that

[@ezra8129]

Not saying Michael Goi is a creep...but how Michael Goi decided to go about this movie, definitely makes him seem like a creep 😳

[@Mad-ps8ir]

I agree.

[@Nabruu]

The most shocking part for me was finding out how old "Baby Shark" is

[@whatthehellisthis]

can we talk about how that song is the most viewed video on youtube now

[@availanila]

@@whatthehellisthis my nephew is Baby Shark and you can't prove him wrong!! 😂😂😭😭 That song is stressing me out, lmao.

[@MistyIsles]

See, I'm the opposite -- I remember singing this song as a kid 20+ years ago, and was shocked when it came back and it was this "new" thing.

[@TotosTales]

Yeah I was taught the song when I was like eight by a friend of mine, which is now about 13 years ago - it’s kinda weird how it’s seen as this new thing

[@sweetie_babie]

@@MistyIsles I definitely sang this at camp as a camper every year since 2013, so I too was also confused 😅😂

[@jessicam.4294]

"So it's time for my favorite party activity: smoking an unlit joint." 😂😂

[@skylarjohnson7779]

you put the killing thing between your teeth but you don't give it the power to do the killing.

[@ghostdagreat]

@@skylarjohnson7779 russian roulette without a bullet lmao

[@byrnetdown6076]

@@skylarjohnson7779 the killing thing ??? you would rly call a joint a killing thing when we're out here with drugs like meth and heroine okkkkkkkkkkkk

[@skylarjohnson7779]

@@byrnetdown6076 it's a reference to The Fault in Our Stars...

[@AmandaTheJedi]

@@skylarjohnson7779 It's a metaphor

[@movieblocks9164]

I don’t know why this movie made a comeback. I mean it sucked then and it sucked now.

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed especially since the actings so bad.

[@maadtee6281]

Is it like the room cause it is a cult clasic

[@breadonk]

TikTok thinks every mediocre horror movie is the scariest thing they’ve ever seen so they made it popular for being so “traumatizing” 😐

[@haiqal5333]

@@maadtee6281 no the room is laughably bad, the cult laughs at the film for how bad it is. Megan is missing is just a bad movie which tiktok users revived it from the dead.

[@raijinwolf2248]

@@breadonk For real. One of my mates brought it up and I just stared at her. How sheltered are those kids to think "Megan Is Missing" is traumatising? You already know it's gonna be a trend for a week, or at least until someone decides to introduce them to Martyrs. They're practically asking for it.

[@TallonQsack]

"if they say their camera is broken, walk away" Okay that's a red flag for sure. *HOWEVER even if you HAVE video chatted with them, that doesn't mean they're safe.* Even if they're not a catfish, they can still have bad intentions. A lot of predators use their real face and everything. So what Amanda said is kinda good advice for avoiding obvious catfishing, but I just wanted to point out that it's not just catfish you need to worry about when it comes to meeting online acquaintances irl.

[@melissag.3812]

You know it’s not about that either right. When it comes to meeting up somebody online You have to meet up at a certain place, know your transportation plans, etc. it’s not just video calling that gives off red flags

[@VirginiaDowdy777821]

The way the movie hypersexualized it's underaged characters disgusted me. Idk how I was able to sit through the entire thing, it made me feel extremely uncomfortable.

[@OverTakeLove]

You know what's gross? When this movie came out a reviewer for the Oklahoma Gazette thought that Megan's character was so "repugnant" that she "deserved a good punch" and he couldn't wait for her to go missing. He was paid to write that. I don't care how shit the acting is, the way some men talk about teenage girls is just disturbing. I think the two main actresses were also in their teens when this was filmed in 2006. I couldn't even imagine trying to film the scenes/stage the pictures they did in my 20s, never mind at 17.

[@magsyilden670]

Yeah the main was 14

[@sasquatchfilms6588]

To be fair Megan's character is fucking terrible, i don't agree with the violence but there are no well written characters in this movie 😂😂

[@stolenart9290]

@@sasquatchfilms6588 well some kids are like that. Not that they deserve anything bad to happen to them.

[@jaybookout121]

Course the guy was from Oklahoma. It sucks here

[@maddognbuckshot]

@@jaybookout121 yep it does

[@hoaxheaux]

You missed the very very audible "Action!" from the director right before one of Amy and Megan's last video message conversations lol

[@AmandaTheJedi]

I wanted to leave it for a nice lil surprise for when people watch YMS's video

[@randomguy6679]

Remember, this movie is totally realistic

[@Sunny-ek8sx]

It's ironic to me how megan is missing is blowing up on tiktok, and app primarily used by teenagers, when the characters act exactly how a 50 year old hermit man would think teenage girls act.

[@raijinwolf2248]

The depressing part is that it's these same teenage girls who believe the poor acting so much they thought it was real. O_O

[@ahhhjess]

@@raijinwolf2248 It's not that they believe the poor acting, but it's just that it's so much more traumatizing for them to actually see visuals of the abuse that could very much be inflicted on them, teen girls. And for the abusers to go unpunished? That's the real reason it's causing such a stir on TikTok.

[@snakeoi8189]

@@roman4856 You think? No, a small majority actually do if you've ever seen the mind set over there.

[@LoonyHalfBlood]

I just went to a few of the comment sections for the Megan is Missing side of tiktok and there were multiple teens praising the dialogue for being "so realistic" 😭

[@222urloved]

I thought the movie was based off of a real case ? Miranda Gaddis & Ashley Pond..?

[@em3952]

I will never forgive tiktok for thinking this movie cant be criticised lmao

[@uglybetty8747]

They got underdeveloped brains smh let them defend dis shit it’s funny

[@grizzlygoldman]

This director bragging bout his safe work environment when it’s literally the law that a minor’s not allowed to step foot ANYWHERE on set without their parents at any point

[@Bat-Addicted-Loony]

I don’t get it, why would you want to oversexualise the violent assault of young girls, the idea alone is shocking enough *director films a ticktock in front of AHS poster* Ooooooooh, that explains it

[@johnvermintide]

He thinks hes edgy

[@fallinloveyoulose]

"Oversexualize" ...right. The movie might be too much for some people. But it is a reality for some. The director just had the balls to reveal how a lot of women are treated. You may not get it, but that doesn't make it wrong to portray since it makes you uncomfortable. Sadly, this is the life some women, and men, have to endure.

[@damekkoDark]

He was actually working on AHS, thats why poster is here

[@Bat-Addicted-Loony]

@@fallinloveyoulose there’s a stark difference between being uncomfortable because reality is being shoved in your face, and being uncomfortable because the director decided it was a good idea to film this violent reality like porn, as if he’s getting into it and you, as the viewer, are supposed to as well. That’s what oversexualising means.

[@ruinedsketchbook]

@@fallinloveyoulose People are allowed to be uncomfortable with a depiction of a 14 year old being raped regardless of how often it happens in real life. You should not be trying to depict that.

[@aydinfjeldsted9716]

I haven’t heard about this movie since YMS reviewed it years ago. It’s not a good movie to begin with.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Yeah I have his vid linked in the description for all those Michael Goi message board posts

[@luciendelaney8975]

It’s a good movie (technically) it just makes you not want to watch it

[@laymass4846]

@@luciendelaney8975 the acting in the movie is so bad that it draws me out of the horror of it. Like I really think it could have been a solid horror movie but man basically the entire cast were horrible actors

[@thehitherto5348]

I first heard about it through PossessedbyHorror's review (first video I saw of her). She wasn't much more positive than YMS though.

[@klcpesan]

Ditto!

[@xxspookshowxbabyxx]

Wait wait wait... SOMEONES PARENTS WERE ON SET AND AGREED TO LET THEIR UNDERAGE CHILD FILM A SIMULATED ASSAULT SCENE? I don't know what's worse, the fact they did it, or the fact Mikey here thought that having the kid's parents there watching filming would back up his "child safety on set" thing because uhh... That's clearly debatable

[@heavenpalffy6117]

i was literally thinking the same thing when she acknowledged parents were on set. what parent allowed their kid to film that?!

[@swandivemedia9249]

@@heavenpalffy6117 Theres some really bad stage parents. Nathan for you i think did an episode about it where he set up a fake agency. If it wasnt him it was some other show but some of these people live their lives through their kids and could give a crap less about that impact on their child.

[@angel-gu8co]

i bet he got some sick satisfaction from it, obviously idk for sure but he's sus as hell

[@DerpDevilDD]

It's like you guys have a fundamental lack of understanding of what acting is and/or how films are made.

[@swandivemedia9249]

@@DerpDevilDD No boy, we get that it isnt real but it seems you are the one who doesnt understand how acting works. Some kid shouldnt be putting themselves in the headspace of someone going through this. Real actors, grown ass adaults, talk all the time about how they feel a piece of them is left behind with their characters who go through trauma.

[@Cthulhubot]

Goi's warning video really irritates me. It's not really useful to those who may be particularly sensitive to the content of the ending, it just seems self-aggrandizing. Like, "wooo, my movie is so scary, you probably can't handle it!" I can understand not wanting to spoil the ending of your movie, but it's so easy to preface your content warnings as potential spoilers. And if you've made the (EXTREMELY questionable) decision to include graphic scenes of the torture and assault of teen girls, it's irresponsible not to be specific. If you wanna warn people, then actually warn people!

[@amandamoore7512]

I wanna mock Gen Z for freaking over Megan Is Missing, but then I remember the entire millennial generation fell for Blair Witch

[@Nocturnalux]

Yeah but that made more sense given the deliberately amateur filming and the fact that Blair Witch came about before the internet had truly come of age. Also, the actors' names matched the characters and they went into hiding to give it a more heightened sense of reality. With MIM, all you have to do is hop over to IMDB and you can see the actors' names. There is plenty of available info that makes it very clear this movie is not real. Falling for this in 2020 is truly silly.

[@uglybetty8747]

Blair witch situation was totally different dude . It can’t be compared .

[@WynneL]

Blair Witch did it before it was cool. MiM is recent and part of a whole GENRE of found footage films, plus it's incredibly unrealistic as Amanda pointed out. It doesn't compare.

[@huimang94]

Speak for yourself lmao

[@SeifellAlmancht]

I never fell for that and I was only 10 in 1999.

[@CriticalFangirl]

If anyone wants to watch a tech thriller about a missing girl, just go watch Searching.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Got it featured at the end of this video!

[@CriticalFangirl]

@@AmandaTheJedi AAAH OMG Thanks for the reply 😻 I honestly wasn’t expecting it, but thank you. Also Searching was my favorite from 2018, even beating Hereditary.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

That movie was really good

[@CriticalFangirl]

I also highly recommend Disconnect. It’s like a tech-drama version of Crash (2005)

[@briannam916]

I just watched this last night! It was aight.

[@xoxoRanniiaaxoxo]

my problem with movies like this is the whole “stranger danger” messaging has been proven to be ineffective at spreading awareness for sexual abuse and child abduction. minors who are sexually abused are far more likely to be abused by someone they know (family member, neighbor, etc.), and most perpetrators of child abduction cases are family members (i.e., parent who has lost custody over their kids decides to take them without permission from the other parent or the court). that’s not to say this can’t happen to children by strangers, but putting so much focus on “stranger danger” does more harm than good.

[@azadalamiq]

nah, back in the early days of internet, there were weirdos picking up kids they met online. still happens to this day, it became ineffective by laxed parenting and unsupervised net access under the ideology of not becoming a halacopter parent.

[@xoxoRanniiaaxoxo]

@@azadalamiq Like I said, of course it happened. I’m not saying that people shouldn’t be careful about who they talk to online. My point is that these things happening to you by strangers is far less likely to happen than by people you already know. That is just a statistical fact.

[@xoxoRanniiaaxoxo]

@Florence Nightingale I’m legitimately wrong for saying that children are more likely to be abused by someone they know than by a stranger? Because I’m actually not wrong about that.

[@xoxoRanniiaaxoxo]

@sunlight I’m so sorry that happened to you. 💔 It definitely can be harder for people to speak about what happened to them when it’s by someone they thought they could trust, especially when you’ve been taught to only be cautious around strangers.

[@manuelsalgadopalacios6729]

This kind of media panders to conservative families whom pretend that your family never abuses you.

[@indiechavez6441]

The movie isn't scary or even that good, and the first half of the movie is super boring. It's just very disturbing, especially the last 20 mins.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Oh yeah it's pretty bad from every metric you'd judge a movie on

[@nootnoot3454]

That scene where Megan described her first sexual encounter made me uncomfortable lol like bro that’s rape honey.

[@uglybetty8747]

Yeah like wtf nd she was smirking while telling the story

[@Normaschthewanderer]

I think that was the point. Still gross.

[@alllittlethingzz]

I think that’s how she dealt with trauma but her mom should have gave her help

[@angel-gu8co]

too many directors (especially when it comes to horror) just use their movies as a way to play out their perverted fantasies and it's disgusting

[@ak-yr4dt]

EXACTLY !!

[@ethanedwards5294]

Everyone's freaking out over "Megan is Missing" and I'm like YMS literally roasted this film so I can't relate.

[@mar6488]

Yeah, I saw the title of this video and was like: "Huh? THAT Megan is Missing?" I can't believe somebody believes this is real.

[@JamesJoyce12]

YMS is actually the dude in MiM - so he is just fronting

[@mar6488]

@@JamesJoyce12 nice

[@yo4734]

yeah when she was getting buried I just played touch you on repeat. The film wasn't scary (for me)

[@jeannehoussaye5100]

this movie isn't even scary, it's just boring af

[@AmandaTheJedi]

It's a solid hour of nothing but bad acting then 10-14 minutes of torture, then 7-10 minutes of grave digging

[@AlbatrossCommando]

I find it utterly hilarious, best comedy of 2007.

[@jungtothehuimang]

And the acting made me want to literally kill myself

[@w_o_r_k_i_n_g_4836]

Facts

[@GearsJosh56]

@@jungtothehuimang you should’ve

[@sanwi0zzz271]

lets not forget how that movie has a minor very explicitly talk about sexual trauma like she was proud of it ? and the director filmed that scene, looked at it and went "yep, that's how trauma victims work!" it's so gross. so nasty. smh

[@vianjelos]

But it IS how it works..its called grooming. When a person is groomed they often dont see the issue with what happend to them and will brag about it to their friends. It isnt until they are older and more mature that the realization settles in and tbe implications of the truama hit. Its more common for boys to talk like this, hell its STILL a huge issue because when boys are victimized by women, many adults dont even see the issue and say "hes lucky" or "I wish my teachers did that" so it is a response that some victims do have. Just like how its also not uncommon for victims of childhood sexual assult to be more permiscous and engage in risky sexual behavior. Not all victims act the same, but its not like it never happens that they react or respond this way.

[@anywherebuthere91]

As vianjelos said it's normal. I did something very similar as a teen. In my case I was reframing an ongoing problem I was having with someone doing stuff to me without consent (I froze up, would just kind of shut down when he did it), as consensual because doing so allowed me to cope with it. Honestly I think that's one of the more realistic parts of this movie. I totally believe that the director possibly found a teen recounting a story like that, though I think it's more likely he found someone talking online about it rather than what he said about talking to friend's children.

[@Nekoszowa]

People react different to trauma though. Especially when it comes to sexual abuse. There's a lot of stories in which the person was sexually abused as a child and then went to to work as a prostitute or became a nymphomaniac.

[@sanwi0zzz271]

okay i should rephrase what i meant: a man writing out this scene based off conversations between two young girls in a movie that does a very lackluster job at presenting the sensitive themes it wants to discuss is what grosses me out. i am also a trauma victim and i know people may not understand these kinds of things are actually ilegal when they're young, but the presentation just was not it. sorry for not clarifying, i don't want people to think i was blaming the actual characters for how they act.

[@lusweetie6009]

Yeah but she was 10 when it happened. I wished she was more in denial about it after hearing about predtors in class. And then going online , talking about it to a online stranger since her mom won't listen. And boom , you got yourself a better motivated movie

[@Cat_Mary1]

I think that a movie like Lovely Bones portrays this kind of danger a lot better because as you said, the people that are most likely to harm you are the ones you know in real life and are close to you.

[@megumichan400]

This movie's title is completely false! I'm Megan, and I'm NOT missing!

[@kiralibke5242]

good i was worried there

[@SecondclassKid]

sounds like something a kidnapper with megan’s phone would write….

[@averagejoe8710]

It's okay megan we'll save you!!!

[@megumichan400]

@@SecondclassKid I don't know what you mean... 👀

[@3minutes374]

I think it’s cheap when horror movies have to rely on young children to make a movie scary/disturbing.

[@rabnerd28]

Amanda's thoughts on the movie: "I can excuse disturbing imagery and making your audience uncomfortable, but I draw the line at bad writing."

[@ZenDuchess]

If the movie is well composed and written, you can make people feel most anything. Discomfort and horror are very common and popular movie topics, but to have it be handled poorly is the same as using rotting ingredients to bake a cake - you might end up with a cake, but certainly you'd prefer having good, quality ingredients go into it, not trash.

[@rabnerd28]

@@ZenDuchess dude, this was just a joke from a meme format. It's not that deep.

[@ZenDuchess]

@@rabnerd28 my bad xD edit: it's late and i have poop brain

[@Rubber_duckie_floating]

I'm still confused is this based on tru story or not?

[@ZenDuchess]

@@Rubber_duckie_floating It's more like.. a fanfiction of several true cases, likely. It in and of itself is not true, it is a work of fiction.

[@millie209]

The acting completely ruins any realism. If it were real, these people would actually be scared. they would be poorly pretending to be. If he had hired actors with any level of skill, the movie could have been horrifying. But he hired, sorry, garbage (get them some lessons and get back to me). So it wasn't.

[@adrianasabode1583]

The acting seemed very raw and realistic unlike these fake ass HD movies I see in 2020

[@user-sg6ww7ts6n]

the acting was awful- but i dont think better actors wouldve made this anything of substance.

[@Katie-dq5jo]

I noticed so many times that when a character SHOULD have tears they just don’t. They’re just dry crying. Like when Amy’s parents are on the news they don’t even look upset. It just ruined it for me.

[@jasminecorbin1980]

ok but stuff like this happens in real life remember that

[@sydneysingh4244]

@@jasminecorbin1980 And OP isn’t saying that. Stuff like this DOES happen, so you’d expect some realistic acting to emphasize the grossness of all this. But the acting doesn’t do that, the sick directing does. And that’s just wrong. Movies like this, the terrible events should be implied by the actors(especially with teens involved onset). Instead, they show it almost explicitly. It’s so wrong.

[@IzayaV]

This movie still fires me up too, cause its like the older male filming a completely graphic sexual assault and kidnapping and at some point it just started to feel like he was indulging himself way too much. Plus the dialogue he wrote for these young girls is disgusting, even though i'd argue now the 13/14 year olds on twitter say WAY WORSE sexual stuff at least they're just lieing and trying to fit in

[@thegirlwithredspecks]

“Virgins don’t know how to wear makeup.” Fun fact: the virgin writing this comment used to work at Sephora 😂. I never saw the entirety of this movie but I was unlucky enough to see the end and woof it’s something else.

[@dseray9494]

I want someone to write a skit about two groomers attempt to groom each other Or two catfishers

[@sunnyandthechlo]

Or two cats grooming each other.

[@zaccds]

Isn't that a plot of an episode of the George Lopez show?

[@glitterclitter_.]

@@sunnyandthechlo yeah that seems to be more cuter

[@meghanhenderson8417]

There’s a cut scene in an episode of family that does this.

[@PhantomBones101]

A bit weird this movie is only blowing up now for a nine year old movie.

[@Letssgog0]

I know right!

[@sarahni]

Its for some reason something tiktok does super often actually

[@vvakeupdonnie]

If you were a horror movie fan on Tumblr back in the day it make its rounds back then. It was pretty well hated, and everyone watched it just for the last 20 minutes. I'll never forget that shit. That being said, it's still not worth watching the first half of the movie to just see the awful traumatic garbage at the end.

[@NukaCola514]

Same with Splice, that movie's a decade old but now in the reaction age it's "disturbing"

[@andromeda156]

Amanda is on a "I'm watching it, so you wouldn't have to" mission. Thank you your sacrifice Amanda :)

[@SatanssNiece]

"this movie is banned in New Zealand" Me, a New Zealander who watched this as a teen 👁️👄👁️

[@mitchellgeorge6031]

The “Don’t be like my friend who didn’t do anything” PSA has better acting, writing, and directing than this movie

[@headintheclouds7905]

The "put your seat belts on" had even better acting than this

[@Emanthebald]

The "this guy moaned at least this loud" guy is another fantastic display of acting

[@emmanroyhippy6859]

The "downloading illegal files" PSA is also good.

[@MeowCatters]

whoa...what? *freezes time* Gais, dont be like mah fren here who didntdoanyfin. Not doin anyfin is patta the prolem. *happy guitar music* give those kids an oscar tbh

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

you wouldn't download a car deserves a goddamn grammy compared to this

[@davidfelter417]

I remember seeing YMS’s review years ago and thought all the “support” it was getting was ironic due to how hilariously bad the movie was, so it is BLOWING MY MIND that some people actually think this movie is good in any capacity

[@tonypeppermint5329]

I guess people were just hyped up.

[@rosxjun]

Old me thought it was good when it first got on netflix years ago 😬 I try to forget those times

[@raijinwolf2248]

That should tell you all you need to know about how low the bar is now compared to then.

[@CaatsGoMoooo]

To be fair when I was 13 I thought this movie was extremely disturbing and well made too. We all make mistakes 😔

[@alllittlethingzz]

It wasn’t a good movie at all just cringe and scary.

[@UrMotherXD1]

loool better not show the tik tok teens "the blair witch project," "v/h/s," or "paranormal activity" 👀

[@JackedThor-so]

Blair Witch 1 and the remake, no, but let them watch Book of Shadows, that shit's a hilariously bad creepypasta

[@addisonb.1356]

Bruh I love the v/h/s movies

[@calemr]

Those movies are Far too intelligent for those kinds of people. To get this affect, you need nothing but stupid random gore. Blair Witch has too much "Tension" and "World building" and such that they'd just be bored by.

[@UrMotherXD1]

@@calemr yeah, they'll probably think they're real like "megan is missing"

[@cheeseisherelive]

Bruh they couldn’t handle vhs if Megan is Missing scared them 😅

[@hanah6779]

I really appreciate that she, in the beginning, said she is going to talk about the stuff but not show anything

[@sorayaalcyone2726]

Unspecified drugs are the best kind of drugs.

[@Delihlah]

I've never gotten here so fast, I've been waiting for this! I'm getting kinda sick of the people on Tik Tok saying it's a real story when it really isn't, yes it was inspired by real events but the characters themselves and this particular story was made up.

[@Delihlah]

Especially because it really affects people with anxiety if they watch stuff and think "I can't believe this happened, this is horrible." It can cause a lot of issues.

[@the_devil4676]

what side of tik tok are you on??? as i haven’t seen shit of this. and a lot of the stuff i see is people talking about horror and grim dark so i’m confused about this whole people believing this is real thing.

[@Delihlah]

@@the_devil4676 it's a trend on Tik Tok right now, people are spooking themselves watching Megan is Missing because some girl went viral and lied saying it's a true story so a lot of people are panicking and also don't have proper warnings for the pictures and final 20 minutes. Hell, even I watched it because I figured "it's probably not even scary" I had no clue and had no warning of any themes of sexual abuse, I was just told "spooky horror movie" and I usually do really good with horror movies, I enjoy them, however I was NOT expecting the pictures, it happens so fast "picture 1" then bam, it's on the screen as soon as you finish reading. Then the barrel, the sexual assault etc. I've been healing myself for the past few years and even with how far I've come in recovery, it was very triggering especially with how drawn out it was. There's really no reason some of the scenes should be in the movie and honestly, it felt illegal to watch. The movie itself (as mentioned in this video) is really shit quality, the only thing it profits from is shock value by showing horrible imagery and dragging out scenes when unnecessary, it also profits by the claim on the beginning "based off real events" which is misleading and makes people believe it's a true story when it isn't.

[@Xehanort10]

I'm sick of Tik Tok in general.

[@Delihlah]

@@Xehanort10 eh, I like it most of the time

[@astoldbynickgerr]

me, a virgin that doesn’t know how to wear makeup: 🌀👄👁

[@updatedautopsyreport1490]

YOU DON'T SPREAD YOUR LEGS AND YOU DON'T WEAR MAKEUPOMG LOSER WOWOWOWOWOWOW101001001

[@updatedautopsyreport1490]

@@kiralibke5242 It's sarcastic,y'know in the movie the one who doesn't have sex or wear makeup is a "loser"

[@raicrush]

SAAAAAAAME

[@inihilisme1511]

@@updatedautopsyreport1490 Well, idk for english state but in France that's a thing (not makeup but about sex)

[@Dinnyeify]

Oh no it's the Uzumaki girl DDD:

[@jeannehoussaye5100]

the way teenagers act is absolutely not representative of real life this film is atrociously directed. Personally this film didn't shock me at all

[@joellewoggerman535]

I was literally forced to watch this movie in school in middle school... because it was educational. Like honestly just show us a criminal minds episode instead.

[@lorimartin6819]

Really? I watched crime show called “Numbers” in math class in high school.

[@nicloren2220]

how you make everything so funny while still being sensitive to topics is amazing and i love this channel so much like , bravo

[@Skip_a_Doodle]

This title is very intriguing.... i've never heard about this before. Thank god for you Amanda :)

[@Shmaples]

its terrible.. dont get your hopes up.. acting and script are laughably bad...

[@theendofit]

2000 to 2011 was a time of not believing anything on the internet famously pic or it didn't happen. We are now in the year of believing everything every conspiracy therory our president even pushes insane conspiracy theories. It makes sence now people belive its real.

[@Shmaples]

@@theendofit bruh you are so right...

[@PrettyWitchCraft]

This movie is horrible, incredibly nasty, and I have a weird love-hate relationship with it. Exploitation horror definitely hits the nail on the head. It's an overall bad movie and that 3 minute assault scene is perhaps one of the most uncomfortable scenes I have ever watched in a film. It was completely unnecessary to show 3 minutes of that and can be used nefariously. Arguing ONE point with you though. You sort of implied that most children don't get into situations like Megan's, and that her situation and life were unrealistic. I definitely disagree with that. While I would agree that MOST children do not get into situations like that, children who have been abused in the past and have unhealthy home lives DO end up in these situations. I personally know several people who were abused in very similar ways in elementary and middle school. Their home lives were very similar to Megan's. Megan's situation hit me hard because I know people who have been through that, and I've seen it. I've tried to report it and had school counselors and teachers not believe me. I had a ten year old friend with a 22 year old boyfriend, and no one believed me when I tried to report it, until she got pregnant. These situations DO happen, including the parties, the drugs, and the sex. They are absolutely horrible. Did there need to be 22 minutes of torture p*rn to prove that it happens? Absolutely not.

[@DawnBlxss]

Could you give a time stamp or a quote she has said that she’s implying people don’t get into these situations? For me it felt like she was doing the opposite of what you suggest, I felt like she was acknowledging these things happen, here are some direct quotes I’ve grabbed this quote which your comment implies she implied it doesn’t happen, when this is exactly what she said about what you’re talking about. “We find out that Megan’s step dad has been assaulting her since the age of 9 and that her mum didn’t believe her so it kept happening and then he got arrested and the mum blamed her for it, something that actually happens in real life which always disgusts me” She specifically points out that when Megan was going into detail about the assault that happened to her that it was taken from a real conversation the Director Michael Goi had with his friends kids, and she says “and honestly if this is something you actually heard from one of your friends kids I hope to hell you made sure they got help! And didn’t just use it in your movie for exploitation purposes” as someone who has gone through something similar I would hate telling someone that and they use it to profit off of, Amanda is specifically pointing out how fuc*** that is and she hopes that after the kid confided in the director he got them some help, instead of just making money off it. And she keeps talking after that about how messed up it is. You might need to watch the video again? As someone who has experienced similar issues I thought she handled talking about this really smoothly, I didn’t feel like she was glossing over anything and it felt like she was being very considerate. It is such a heavy subject to talk about. There are multiple points in which she says this shit happens in real life. I’m sorry you have been offended, and overall hope you’re doing ok :D

[@PrettyWitchCraft]

@@DawnBlxss She starts getting into it being an overexaggeration at around 2:50

[@unotrez8731]

Yes i feel like most western society just being edgy or just try to alienate themselves from such things. Saying oh it's just a bad movie or bad acting. Like dude we get that you and ppl you know wont end up like this. But so many teen girls pre teen and kids around the world end up even worse than is portrayed in megan movie.

[@user-ri3oz1hi4k]

I think it did need to happen. Simply saying “a bunch of kids get abducted everyday etc” won’t make the lesson stick for teenagers. Showing the bare, real realities of child abduction certainly will. Uncomfortable? Good. That’s the point. We owe it to abducted kids to watch this and understand their suffering. We’re meant to learn from it.

[@planetofi5hii]

@@user-ri3oz1hi4k watching a child get r*ped isn't going to help us understand anything, it doesn't help the victims or prevent crimes like this from happening, you can't shock someone into being proactive. if you think watching children get tortured and r*ped is the only way to help victims, then there is something wrong with you. people, i dont care if they're adults or not, should not be subject to this kind of trauma to understand trauma. Go to therapy pls.

[@trinaq]

If it weren't for YMS and Amanda, this movie would have fallen into absolute obscurity, but fortunately we can ridicule it further! 😉😁

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Oh no this is all originally thanks to YMS 9 years ago and TikTok for the resurge

[@carter_lovejoy]

@@AmandaTheJedi you should definitely talk about the made for TV film Cyberbully that Adam also reviewed within the same time period as his Megan is Missing review.

[@wowie.zowiee]

Ok so I knew that the footage wasn’t “real footage” but I was still kinda shaken up after watching just because I had nobody with me to reassure me it was all just a movie (the last 20 minutes in particular) so it was super nice and refreshing almost just for her to say that it wasn’t real ya know? It was like a weight lifted off my chest to hear someone reassure me that it was just a movie.

[@jamesmarchment6659]

I will never forget this film because Michael Goi thought that kids hung up video calls by putting their palm over the camera

[@hheeaavvyygguuttss2038]

This movie is hilariously fake I'm excited we get to talk about this again

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah.

[@headintheclouds7905]

yeah.

[@maagony]

Reminds me of why I love Hard Candy so much. Well acted, well directed, and not a bummer.

[@Jubei66666]

Not a bummer? How so?

[@levischorpioen]

And people call this film unrealistic...

[@remytherat2929]

god i love that movie so much

[@lucislibari]

I was WAITING for you to make a video about this movie!! I saw it on tiktok and thought "Man Amanda would have a field day with this one"

[@federicodellimmagine3676]

This movie's logic: -Sranger: my camera is broken -Girl: What if you are a rapist? -Stranger: Nah im good -Girl: Ok i believe you

[@NSN_CYND]

people freaking out over this being a "true story" reminds me when I acidently watched some of the grudge when I was really young and it freaked me out but also in the description said "based on a true story" which to me at the time meant 100% real

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

My mom used this movie to scaremonger me into not using the internet for chatting and now that I’m older and revisited it, I can’t believe my mom looked at me and thought I was gonna become THAT type of teenager!

[@DarkAngelRabbitX3]

My mother also thought my shy homebody goody two shoes awkward self was some how gonna randomly become wild and reckless teenager if she gave me any freedom 😂

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

@@DarkAngelRabbitX3 IKR????? Now here I am. 19, only dated once, scared of drugs, and -14 social skills

[@JustKelso1993]

@@NosebleeddeGroselha Better to be safe than sorry.

[@God_gundam36]

I swear people only know of this film because of YMS

[@GoatHeadWalletProdt]

Same

[@mistermetokurarchives]

Did you know that Adam from YMS is a furry? He also thinks animals can consent to love making from humans

[@AmandaTheJedi]

YMS originally but something sparked it off on TikTok for round 2 relevance

[@quibiburgers2481]

Thats how I heard about it. I was super surprised to see people talking about it again

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@AmandaTheJedi Oh boy.

[@bradforddillman7671]

I’m in the camp that thinks the end of this movie is extremely disturbing. Spoiler: she says everything she can think of to escape her awful situation, and nothing works.

[@frederikbuttenschn7562]

The scene with the barrel genuinely disturbed me as an adult

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

I feel the issue with movies like this, is it's such an extreme that it's mocked. People don't take it seriously because it's so bad, so the message is not only lost, but laughed at. It does more to damage the message it's trying to give.

[@attila0323]

That Tsunomon and Gabumon plushies in the back, OMG Amanda, he's my favourite digimon.

[@thekawaiislartibartfast42]

I don't understand why it made a resurgence? Like it's not even believable found footage?

[@Broadwaychica]

This was already a good analysis of something awful, and then you referenced Searching, I always love it when people talk about that movie.

[@eskempferlive793]

The sad thing? The "I paid for it so I get to smash" line was my life. My mom said exactly this minutes before she threw my (paid by me) cellphone on the wall. And after it, she said it was my fault.

[@elisabethenglisch3835]

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I hope you are in a better situation now!

[@eskempferlive793]

@@elisabethenglisch3835 thanks and yes, i'm. I cut contact with her some years ago, started therapy and mended my relationship with my dad (that she kind of destroyed). I also have and incredible bf who supports and trully care about me. And four cats 🤣🤣

[@FileCode1459]

i couldn't stop thinking about Searching when you explained the premise of Megan is Missing. Searching actually does and amazing job at dealing with the possible dangers of technology while using technology's own "aesthetic" to convey it's message, and also shows what an actual teenager is like

[@scofah]

Just here to remind you how much I love the fact that you don't have soundtrack / music / noise behind any of your video. . Thank you so much It's so much pleasure compared to all the other KZbinrs who have to add that in.

[@patthetech]

I think the moral of the Megan is Missing movie is: The Internet was a MISTAKE

[@anagtfo2271]

Not the whole internet, only social medias

[@patthetech]

@@anagtfo2271 nope Whole thing Shut it all down We were way better off in the 80s and early 90s

[@mizstories9646]

Your shirts are the only thing keeping me from burying myself in my blankets and not coming out til spring. They remind me that it will one day be warm again. I live in Ohio, not Canada, but it's still cold here already.

[@mcd08]

Meanwhile in Florida, our pavements melt 11 and half out of the 12 months of the year lmao 🤣 hang in there!

[@andrewdriver3318]

Actually, “convenient plot device” was the main selling point of Motorola Razr in 2006.

[@kirrazomby5624]

I watched this with my sister when it had first come out, there’s one scene in a barrel that freaked me out and made us have to rewind but being a teenager at the time it wasn’t the scariest to me with out context. HOWEVER I do think that this movies depiction of how teenagers live their lives is unfortunately accurate in people I grew up with. I had a best friend who was exactly like Megan and I was the girl who went looking for her 1000%. I saw way too much of my friend in Megan and that’s what actually scared me.

[@kirrazomby5624]

And yes unfortunately I have seen 13 year olds hanging out with Meth dealers

[@camillenielsen7579]

Ok love the scream line “everybody’s a suspect”

[@Xehanort10]

"There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie."

[@brianford4914]

I don't know how this movie got into people's mind...it's so bad and kinda boring. I don't really mind if people get scared by it but it's something I can't understand.

[@Cat-magician-n9n]

A lot of people were saying that they were scared not because of the movie, but of the fact that it's happening somewhere in real life. So I guess people more afraid when they get reminded about these things and starting thinking about it, not because of the movie itself.

[@Karragh]

This movie is based on real events in that girls really do get abducted and killed. Much the same way Friday the 13th is based on true events of "I mean, someone has killed people with a machete at some point probably right?"

[@bee7160]

Ok but, WHAT DID AMY DO TO BILLY BEAR

[@chrismacklarren5586]

"Megan Missing" to internet catfishing and predatory is like "Reefer Madness" to drug use.

[@kaitlin9288]

I actually thought of Reefer Madness when seeing reviews of this movie. It's a very apt comparison lol

[@neurotic3015]

The acting isn't always great but I truly do think at least Amy's actor is pretty good, at least she has potential. I think a big reason the barrel scene is so disturbing, aside from the how creepy Megan's corpse is, is how fucking convincing Amy's screaming and crying is- it brings that scenes up multiple notches.

[@brodyphillips5355]

damn amanda. The content's been pretty heavy recently. Maybe a Thomas the Tank Engine review or something next?

[@danieltrevinoc]

Go and watch the YMS of this movie it's a classic.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Linked in the description already and I mention him at the end of the video :)

[@danieltrevinoc]

@@AmandaTheJedi oops got here too early

[@isabelmartin1581]

i was a YMS fanatic so when i saw people scared of this i was so stunned

[@cearathomas930]

My grandma showed me 'thirteen' when I was 13, because she had no idea what it was about and just saw that it was a coming of age story of a 13 year old....I felt like such a bad ass watching a movie that explicit 😂

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

As someone who saw this about 2 years ago, it was just plain disturbing. I get the whole "social awareness" aspect, BUT this was just exploitive. The end is hauntingly awful. It doesn't feel like horror. It feels like a snuff film.

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

Watched the film after hearing about it from YMS. Thought it was kinda crap. It resurfacing on a different social media platform is truly on brand for 2020.

[@sebeed2324]

christ, in 2006 barely anyone had phones where i lived. lol the fanciest cell phone back then were those ones where you pushed the screen to the side and there was a keyboard, and only the rich kids had those. the rest of us made do woth flip phones and msn messenger when we were on our gigantic desktops at home XD

[@TheaTheGenius]

Ikr, 2006 was like the brick Nokia era in my country. And the thing wasn't even in color. Maybe like 3 kids had those, and it was a huge deal cause we all could take turns playing that snake game 🤣

[@sebeed2324]

@@TheaTheGenius god we sound old lmao

[@Thurston86]

The Sidekick?!! That phone was the shit back then! I wanted one so goddamn badly! I absolutely loved how the screen swivelled up to reveal a keyboard. Unfortunately for me, they were not available in Canada. Even now, I’d trade in my iPhone for a Sidekick in an instant if they brought it back!

[@movieblocks9164]

“I PAID FOR IT I GET TO SMASH IT!!!!” That’s very gucci

[@CriticalFangirl]

Yeah, that scene was just laughable 😂, Unless those parents have really bad anger issues, no one talks like that

[@lynnthomas8457]

@@CriticalFangirl I have unironically heard people say things along the lines of "I paid for it I can do whatever I want with it" in various iterations. I can buy someone saying this line

[@candidlyopinionated19]

@@lynnthomas8457 as someone with parents with very bad anger issues, can confirm.

[@headintheclouds7905]

@@candidlyopinionated19 same

[@ILoveDogBoy]

Another good movie about the dangers of giving out personal info online is Strangeland from 1998. My mom showed me that movie when i was 16, and even now at 34 i still feel nervous about giving out my real first name.

[@Zapporah85]

Hey Amanda, I just wanted to say thank you for always being great about content warnings at the front of your videos. I have been able to watch most of them (Centipede was a struggle) but I know many people who would not be able to handle these topics.

[@TheKeybladeofdarknes]

It's wild seeing Megan is Missing come back after watching YMS's video about it back in high school like 5 years ago

[@AlyssaMichelle]

I remember seeing this movie when I was a younger teenager and it totally freaked me out. It is a crappy movie but at the same time it reminds me of how the old Blair Witch Project was filmed which was very effective at being super unsettling

[@MasterMemo]

Yeah but isn't Blair Witch believable?

[@eden-elysium]

I had to brace myself coming into this because I have leftover trauma from your last video

[@LezCharming]

These PSA films exist because no one is going to discuss difficult issues like these in a realistic context. The filmmaker's motivation is always rooted in an accepted sociopolitical perspective. Problem is,these issues,by their very nature,exist outside of acceptable political discourse. I was homeless in Austin for two years. Here's a small list of things that anyone with street experience knows to be true,that you'll never see depicted on film. 1. Sometimes, I goofed off with friends. Not every day is a doom spiral,some are. I played video games. I also shivered in the cold,got ate by bed bugs. It's a dice roll. Roll enough,you bust. 2. There's bad homeless people,as with any large enough group. The raiders assault and steal from other homeless. Most often under a bridge. Not all meth addicts are this type, but many are. 3. Everyone is armed. Good groups prioritize melee weapons over guns. More precise,no ricochet. You'll have to draw at least once. 4. Homeless often have technology like smartphones and laptops but those items are theft targets. 5. Having a police record is what tosses folks out of services. Not fair, but true. Meth is an immediate burn. Got drug laws,ya got homeless. Meth is the factor for the vast majority of white female homeless. 5.Not all gangs are ultra violent, some are. Police do make deals with gangs,so they do outright control some areas. 6. An assault rifle identifies a macho asshat. Pistol and knife? That guy has ended lives.

[@kibaliziosa483]

I want EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT on a shirt, I was laughing so hard

[@JurassicReptile]

That is on a shirt for the movie Scream