Trivia / Megan is Missing

• Amateur Cast: None of the cast were known for anything else when this movie was made. Amy's actress Amber Perkins, was a bit part actress who was trying to get her big break, while Josh was portrayed by an Australian expat with no prior acting experience.
• Banned in China: According to this article, the country's Film New Zealand and Video Labeling Board "claimed that it contained sexual violence and sexual conduct involving young people to such an extent and degree, and in such a manner that if it was released it would be ‘injurious to the public good’. They went on to say that it relished in the spectacle of one girl’s ordeal, including a three-minute rape scene. They also stated that it sexualized the lives of young teenage girls to a ‘highly exploitative degree’.”
• Colbert Bump: The movie gained much attention after being reviewed by YourMovieSucks.org in 2013, and then some more when Emer Prevost covered it in 2015. And later on in late 2020, it gained even more attention after TikTok users began to make memes out of the movie.
• Dueling Movies: With Trust, another independent film dealing with the subject of online predators that was released around the same time. The films differ widely in their presentation of the topic, though, with Trust focusing more on the dramatic effects of rape and Megan Is Missing being more of a Scare 'Em Straight-flavored exploitation film complete with a far darker and squickier ending.
• Dawson Casting: Amy, 14 years old at the time of the film, is played by (at the time of filming in 2008) 19-year-old Amber Perkins. Megan's actress, Rachel Quinn, was 17 at the time of filming.
• No Budget: The film was shot on a incredibly low budget of $35,000 (most viewers theorize half the budget was spent on the torture photos and the rape scenes) with a small crew of only 5 people and using little-to-no professional equipment. Hell, numerous production mistakes were left in (for example several scenes have a Visible Boom Mic, and director Michael Goi can be heard yelling "Action!" during one scene). Plus, most of the cast were complete unknowns.
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: The movie was first conceived in 2006 and filmed in 2008, but did not see release until 2011.

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