The Shortcut

About The Shortcut

When Derek moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the warning, Derek and his friends set out to uncover the dark secret that's buried deep in the woods.

The Shortcut is a 2009 horror mystery film directed by Nicholaus Goossen. It runs 100 minutes and was released in February 2009.

Drew Seeley stars as Derek, Shannon Woodward as Lisa, Dave Franco as Mark, and Katrina Bowden as Christy. Written by Dan Hannon and Scott Sandler. It was produced by Minds Eye Entertainment.

Shelv files it under woods, urban legend, and high school. In the United States it streams on Howdy Amazon Channel, Philo, and Starz.

The Kings of Summer, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, and Pyewacket make useful companions to The Shortcut. It scores 4.7 out of 10 from 143 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.