20 Horror Movies That Were Way Too Cruel

And finally, we have Megan is Missing, a found-footage film so effed-up it went viral on TikTok during the pandemic. This is a frustrating case, as this one did have a lot going for it, yet it undermined itself by taking a radical left-turn into gratuitous cruelty by the end. 

Megan is Missing revolves around a high schooler named Lucy, who's trying to find out what happened to her best friend Megan, who vanished after an internet date. The first hour of this is absolutely solid, and it does a good job of establishing these two girls and their genuine, heart-warming friendship. And then... the movie just goes too far. 

The final 20 minutes consist of footage showing Lucy being kidnapped, brutalized, and sexually assaulted by the predator who kidnapped Megan. Finally, Lucy is buried alive in a barrel containing Megan's corpse... this was just too much. Everything about this felt exploitative, especially the scenes of assault. 

Writer-director MIchael Goi stated that this movie was intended to raise awareness about the dangers of young people meeting strangers online. This is a good message, so it's a damn shame that the final film undermined this by being so excessive and sleazy. 

Sometimes, being too dark can derail an otherwise promising horror film, and Megan is Missing remains one of the epitomizing examples of this.