The Shortcut

The Shortcut (2009)

  • 25% of users liked it
    (875 ratings)

The first release from Scary Madison - the genre division of Adam Sandler's Happy Madison production house - director Nicholas Goossen's small town frightener serves as a shocking wake-up call to teenage trespassers everywhere. High school senior Derek (Drew Seeley) was adjusting to life in… More

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PG-13,
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Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Feb 7, 2009 Wide
Anchor Bay Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    You won't be scared silly, but for a horror movie to take such a low-key approach, focusing on characters and situations seems like a radical departure.

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  • Melvin W


    The Old Man: Next time it will be your blood. "Some Urban Legends Are Real" The Shortcut is a very amateurish horror film. It's full of all the standard cliches of these wooded, teenage horror movies. There's a good looking cast, that can't really act, a… More

  • J P


    This movie was really bad. It was like all cliches. Like the woods, the crazy man in the woods, the psycho children, etc. Seen it alllll before. The cliches and underdeveloped actors is what makes this horror film like every other one in the world. It's boring and stupid. The… More

  • Todd S


    The Shortcut isn't the typical B-movie slasher film you'd expect it to be. The movie actually has a plot, a decent story to follow, and a great cast. A great cast can be the difference in a film like this and they defiantly did a great job here. For decades, people had been… More

  • Jacob P


    Well, here it is. Happy Madison's very first horror movie, I never thought i'd see the day. Anyways, it was a descent horror flick. Nothing special here, pretty much an average horror plot about a group of teenagers thinking an old man is responsible for the town's… More

  • John M


    The cast and acting are really nice, the story is engaging with a good thrilling moments, the pace was very fluid and entertaining BUT it was a good movie until the end.

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