The Shortcut
| The Shortcut | |
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Theatrical film poster
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| Directed by | Nicholaus Goossen |
| Produced by | Scott Einbinder Scott Sandler Ingo Vollkammer Brian Witten |
| Written by |
Dan Hannon Scott Sandler |
| Starring |
Andrew Seeley Shannon Woodward Dave Franco Katrina Bowden |
| Music by | Michael Suby |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Jake York |
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| Distributed by |
Anchor Bay Entertainment Leomax Entertainment |
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Release date
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29 September 2009 |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1million |
The Shortcut is a 2009 horror-thriller film directed by Nicholaus Goossen. The film stars Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco and Katrina page. Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison Productions (under the name Scary Madison Productions) made it and Sandler served as an executive producer. The film was released direct-to-DVD on September 29, 2009 in the United States.
In 1945 a young couple, Ivor Hartley (Daniel Maslany) and Irene (Tracy-Lynn Pugsley) are leaving the homecoming dance. The couple take a shortcut through the woods where they begin to make out. Irene wants to stop, but Ivor attempts to rape her. She manages to injure him, however, so he leaves. As Irene makes her way out of the shortcut, Benjamin Hartley attacks her, hitting her over the head with a rock and killing her.
It is revealed that Benjamin has growing health issues, and eventually begins to murder anyone he sees using the shortcut. Ivor, and the rest of Benjamin's family then hide him away from the rest of the world, by shackling him to the basement by a chain around his neck.
Present day - Derek (Andrew Seeley) has recently moved to a new town and school and has befriended the feisty Lisa (Shannon Woodward) and Mark (Dave Franco), while taking a liking to Christy (Katrina Bowden). Meanwhile, at his school, Derek's brother Tobey (Nicholas Elia) tells a few of his classmates he got kicked out of his old school for fighting. The kids then dare Tobey to go through the shortcut which he does alone. As Tobey makes his way along, he comes across a dead dog and an old man (Raymond J. Barry) who threatens him, causing him to run off.
Arriving home, Derek finds his brother Tobey covered in blood. Tobey tells Derek of the events on the shortcut, prompting Derek to go investigate, however, he has to leave to go to the fast food place where he and Mark work. When Derek tells Mark of the old man and the dog, Mark proceeds to tell Derek of the story of the old man who presumably killed people on the shortcut, yet nothing has ever been proven.
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