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The Shortcut

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Children grow up avoiding a path after kids go missing near a creepy old man's house. Now high school seniors, they decide to find out what the shovel-wielding weirdo is hiding.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 10/04/2009
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jagdpanzer T @RT44446946 Sep 22 Feels like a *slightly* more adult episode of the 90s era TV show "Are You Afraid of the Dark". The ending was laughably stupid. See more 01/02/2022 You can it was low budget. A lot of the acting is great, but just needed some polish. Could see where it was heading, and thought it could have been a decent movie with more money behind it. See more 12/06/2020 So bad. Like wow. I knew it was going to be dumb going into it but I didn't expect it could be THIS bad. Dave Franco was kinda funny at times so I guess I will give it 1 star instead of a half. See more 04/13/2015 Highly recommend, genuine thrills and suspense, well filmed, good acting, as well done as 'Halloween' See more 12/27/2014 It's one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen with a weird story See more 09/06/2014 brilliant movie. really enjoyed it. had me guessing all the way through. really loved the end part. See more Read all reviews
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Nicholaus Goossen

Director

Drew Seeley

Actor

Shannon Woodward

Lisa

Dave Franco

Mark

Katrina Bowden

Christy

William B. Davis

Benjamin Hartley
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Movie Info

Synopsis Children grow up avoiding a path after kids go missing near a creepy old man's house. Now high school seniors, they decide to find out what the shovel-wielding weirdo is hiding.
Director
Nicholaus Goossen
Producer
Scott Einbinder, Dan Hannon, Scott Sandler, Tyler Spindel
Screenwriter
Dan Hannon, Scott Sandler
Production Co
Happy Madison Productions, Minds Eye Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Material|Language|Brief Teen Drinking|Thematic Elements|Violence and Terror)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m