Megan is the new film by James Wan and Aleka Cooper who co-wrote Malignant together in 2021 and is directed by Gerald Johnstone and actually stands for Model 3 Generative Android and her creator (Alison Williams) decides to create her in the hopes it will help take care of her niece Cady (Violet McGraw) who has lost her parents in a car accident and for a while things go well but Megan is sworn to protect Cady at all costs even if it means killing those who get in her way.
Megan is good fun and while it dials back its horror kills it does have some interesting things to say regarding potential outsourcing of parenting and childcare responsibilities to a doll lookalike even though it is an Artificial Human or Android but Gemma (Alison’s character) clearly sees the good at first due to the improvements in Cady after taking her in but the film also has some interesting points to make about the need for kids to eventually grow up and build connections in the real world and I liked that about this movie.
Also Megan is a really fun character and while the horror moments would’ve benefited from an MA15+ rating they do work well enough and the character has some great moments and the combination of effects work and young actresses in the role make her very memorable to watch, I also really liked Alison Williams as Gemma this driven young woman who wants to build things and make a difference in the toy company she works for only for it to not go as she had hoped and how she eventually has to step in and be a parental figure to Cady on her own.
And so that was Megan and horror fans will enjoy this film as did I, 3 out of 5.
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