Megan is a protagonist in the Until Dawn film. She is the half-sister of Max and a friend to the rest of the group. She, along with the others, attempts to search for Clover's missing sister Melanie in the place she disappeared, until they suddenly find themselves trapped in a death loop. She is played by actress Ji-young Yoo.
Appearance[]
Megan is a young Asian-American woman with long black hair styled with two streaks tied at the back of her head.
On October 24, 2024—when she and her friends go in search of clues about the disappearance of Clover's sister, Melanie, who has been missing for a year—Megan wears a red, faded crochet top with a denim jacket above it; a red mini skirt; white socks with black accents; and black platform boots. Her accessories consist of a pair of earrings, multiple necklaces, and some multicolor bracelets.
During the first night, she gets her face smashed on the ground by The Slasher which gives her injuries that carry over into the later nights. She begins to grow fangs and lose hair. During the third night, her stomach expands and bursts due to her having drunk the bad water, and she loses a leg.
Personality[]
Megan is a reflective and thoughtful person. She is sensitive to the energy of the places she visits and the people she’s around. While her friends don’t initially believe there is much merit to her claims that she is psychic, they begin to trust her intuition more and more as the nights repeat. Her psychic ability allows her to perceive things others cannot, making her particularly sensitive to the supernatural forces at work in the town of Glore Valley. She is also willing to put herself in danger for the sake of her friends.
Until Dawn (Film)[]
Megan is first seen in the backseat of the car with, Max and Clover, as they, and Nina and Abe, travel to search for Clover's missing sister, Melanie. When they arrive at a gas station, Clover watches a video of Melanie on her phone. In the background of the video, the Hartley’s establishment is visible, confirming it as Melanie’s last known location. The group discuss Megan's self-proclaimed psychic abilities, and Megan suggests holding a prayer circle that is cut short after a near miss with a passing car. Clover heads inside while the others remain outside. After Max proposes to follow Clover, Nina jokes about him being unable to let go of her, but Max and Megan instead joke about Nina’s constant need to be in a relationship.
The five are next seen driving through a torrential downpour. A fight breaks out between Abe, the driver, who wants to press forward, and all the passengers who wish to turn around again. Just when tensions reach their highest, the car bursts through the rain into a completely clear area. Here, there is a visitor's centre and one wooden cross which appears to be a grave marker. The group find the area ominous but Nina, Abe, and Megan begin to explore the visitor's centre. Megan checks the bathroom and wipes away steam on the mirror.
After the group finds missing person posters including one of Melanie, Clover, Max, and Megan go down into the basement where they find a radio, and Megan calls for help. Max notes that it is strange for a basement to have windows. Nina and Abe remain upstairs, but the group downstairs hear Nina scream and run up only to find her on the floor with a pickaxe in her back. Clover, Max, and Megan rush back downstairs to hide. The Slasher looks for them, and Max emerges from hiding in an attempt to knock the Slasher out with a chair. The attack does no damage, and the Slasher stabs Max through the face, pulling his eye out with a knife. Next, the Slasher locates Megan, throws her out of a closet and kills her by repeatedly bashing her face on the ground. Clover tries to run into the woods, but thinks she sees Melanie again and is impaled by the Slasher.
The hourglass reverses, and all five friends come to in the place they were when the loop started. They all bear marks from how they were killed. Abe calls for them and shows that they each now have a missing poster with the others. The front door begins to slam and the group barricades it. Megan sits and begins to show signs of fatigue. Max checks on her and she says that her psychic connection is giving her trouble. She begins to have seizures then disappears. The others find her, in a trance, hovering before the fliers. She begins pointing her finger and channeling the missing peoples’ voices. She begins screaming, telling the others “not to let them in” before snapping her neck and dying. Max goes to her, but Abe yells at him not to touch her body, saying Max could become possessed next. Angrily, Max says possession cannot be caught that way, and that people have to be open to it.
The group hears Melanie’s voice at the door. Despite Megan's warnings, Clover opens the door and tries to go to her sister; she is then dragged away by an invisible force to a shack that has appeared on the grounds. They, like, Megan, eventually meet their demise for the night.
The hourglass then reverses again, bringing them to the third night. The group locks themselves in the bathroom in an attempt to wait things out. Abe fills a glass with tap water which surprises Megan who’d previously tried the tap and found that it didn’t work. He takes a drink and asks who else wants water. Everyone accepts his offer. As they talk, Abe begins to cough more and more. Looking into his palm, he sees that he has thrown up blood and bits of his insides. He tries to hide it but the group notices how much he’s hacking. Nina attempts to ask him if he’s okay, and he explodes over everyone. Having gotten blood and gore into her mouth, Nina panics and rushes to the sink where she also explodes. Clover, Max, and Megan become hysterical and run into the hall. Megan’s leg explodes off her and she falls, her stomach expanding. It bursts, killing her, before Max and Clover explode as well.
The group begins to notice their bodies beginning to change; Megan stands in front of the mirror and pulls out a clump of hair. She notices that she is growing teeth. Everyone decides to go into the basement to find clues. They discover some old VHS tapes and ID cards from Dr. Hill whom Clover recognizes as the gas station attendant. The tapes show that Hill has been experimenting with the death loop and that, if a person is stuck in it for thirteen nights, they will become a Wendigo. The group realizes that the basement has windows because it used to be the first floor but has fallen into the mines along with the rest of Glore Valley.
Hill then talks to the group through a speaker and tells them that the loop must claim someone, but four may be able to leave. Abe jumps on the idea, and the group is horrified that he is even considering it. When Hill says that he is willing to speak to Clover alone in the woods, Abe presses more, saying that one dying is better than five. He is then forced to admit that he is not willing to be the one who dies. Clover runs out into the woods and gets caught in a bear trap, while the others begin to argue.
Max and Megan are finding Clover, but then a Wendigo chases them. Max loses Megan when she falls through the ground and into the basement where a Wendigo drags her away, presumably killing her. He eventually finds Clover and snaps the trap over Melanie’s head and they flee. The two hide, sharing a tender moment in which Max says that life is worth more when there's only one to live. Clover, again, asks him to kill her. This time he does, using a shard of glass to slit her neck. He then drinks some nearby water and blows up in front of Melanie when she spots him.
Clover has a dream which is a memory of herself and Melanie. Melanie says that she cannot stay in the house anymore and needs to go out into the world. She begs Clover to come with her, but Clover refuses. Melanie then appears as a Wendigo, scaring Clover who wakes up to Max, Abe, and Nina around her. They are confused by which night they are on, then Nina says that the book shows that she has signed thirteen times, meaning they are on their last night. Abe recalls that he has been recording the whole time and opens his phone gallery to find found footage of the missing nights. They notice that Megan is missing. Now armed with weapons, they decide to go into the mines to look for Megan, but they eventually get separated by Slasher.
Clover traverses through the mines and Sanatorium, and eventually finds Megan in the latter location, tied to a chair and trapped in a chamber with a shackled Wendigo. Clover cannot enter the room without a key. Leaving Megan, she finds Hill’s office and eventually poisons his water, causing him to explode. Clover grabs the key and frees Megan.
The last minutes until dawn are spent in a mad race to escape. Max, Abe, and Nina work together to finally kill the Slasher before escaping from the house. Clover finds a key and goes back to Megan, barely saving her before the Wendigo breaks loose. Together, Megan and Clover hurry to escape the mines. They dig their way above ground, similarly to Melanie had done at the beginning. But, this time, it is their friends who are waiting for them. Abe, Nina, and Max pull Clover and Megan from the ground (where the cross seen previously is). The girls are freed just as the hourglass marks the end of the night. Having successfully beaten the curse, the group piles into Abe’s car and drives from the visitor's centre.
Relationships[]
Max[]
Max is Megan’s half-brother. They appear to get along well, though their parents' relationship is an awkward topic for them. Initially, Max, like the others, is skeptical of Megan's psychic abilities. However, he begins to believe in them as Megan proves their validity, and he tells her this.
Clover[]
Megan, being the half-sister of Clover’s ex Max, has a decent familiarity and friendship with Clover. Much like Max, Megan is ready to put herself at risk to save Clover, such as when Clover is attacked by Wendigos in the fourth night and Max and Megan instantly come to her aid. Likewise, Clover is the one who comes to Megan’s aid when she is captured during the last night.
Nina[]
Nina and Megan are good friends, as Nina counts her as one of the people who has consistently been in her life. Megan jokes about Nina's past relationships at the start, and Nina also seems to trust Megan's psychic instincts, being accepting of Megan's hand-holding circle idea, and later taking her warnings seriously when Megan is possessed. When Megan goes missing during the thirteenth night, Nina is determined to find her.
Abe[]
Megan and Abe do not interact much, so little is known about their relationship. They joke around at the start about Nina's relationships, and Abe is willing to put himself at risk to find her after noticing she went missing.
Deaths[]
- Face bashed by the Slasher
- Neck snapped after possession
- Stomach burst after drinking the bad water
- Killed by a Wendigo
Trivia[]
- A scene in which Megan tries to call for help using a radio closely resembles a scene in which Emily does so in the video game.
- Another scene of Megan laying on and falling through a glass floor (during the fourth night) is similar to Emily falling through the glass window of the fire tower.
- Her necklace is shaped like a butterfly, seemingly referencing the Butterfly Effect.
- Originally, Megan was killed by a werewolf after falling through the glass in the forest, however, the werewolves were later replaced by Wendigos.
- The chair into which Megan is strapped is a reference to the restraining chair clue found by Mike in the game.
- In the original ending of the film, Megan has been bound to an altar instead.