Horror/Mystery/Thriller
It's 1945, a young couple Ivor Hartley and Irene leave from the homecoming dance using a shortcut throught the woods.
On the way through the woods they start to make out, but it's obvious Irene isn't into it, she tries to pull Ivor off, but he won't stop. Ivor hits her and seems to be leaving. As Irene tries to find a way out of the woods, Benjamin Hartley hits her hard with rock and kills her. During growing up Benjamin has health issues and finally kills everyone, who tries to use the shortcut. Ivor and Benjamin's family keep him away from the rest of the world, keeping him in the basement, chain around the neck. Derek has recently moved with his family and little brother Tobey into a neighborhood, he becomes friends with Lisa, Mark and has a small crush on Christy. After a while Tobey comes home all bloody and freaked out, saying he used the shortcut and some old man scared him and probably killed a dog. Derek promises the check it out, but is called to practice. He talks to Mark, his new friend about the shortcut and he introduced him the legend of a crazy old man, scaring everyone off when dare to use the shortcut. Derek tries to get information out of his grandma about the shortcut, but grandmother turns cold and warns him to not go there ever. Derek's mother gives him a little insight about the legend - there was an incident when the kids in the old times took the shortcut and were never seen again, police even investigates, but were left with empty hands. Derek's mother doesn't believe the old man killed someone, but urges him to stay away from there and leave him be alone. Derek tells Taylor about the incident Tobey was in the woods
and Taylor confesses his dog has been missing and thinks the old man killed it. They go to the woods together to check the situation out. They're caught by old man and they make their best run through the woods. Derek and Lisa decide to
make an investigation on their own and start to stalking him, hoping old man won't see them. Derek wants to get to know Christy badly and invited her to spy on the old man. In the evening young people share themselves into two groups - Christy, Derek and Taylor, Mark, Lisa and start keeping an eye on old man. Taylor, Lisa and Mark make their way through the woods to the old man's house and look around there, hoping to find some evidence from the crimes. Christy and Derek guard the old man at the same as others are searching the house. They drink alcohol and get to know each other. Lisa sneaks into the house through a window, leaving Taylor and Mark outside. Most of the house looks normal until they head to the basement and find a guy, chain to his throat there. They free him from the chains and help him escape from the house.
The chain makes them stop, Taylor tries to break the chain with a big rock, Mark's hand gets injured by mistake with axe. The guy they freed is Benjamin and seeing Mark is injured, he uses the axe and kills Taylor and Mark, starting to chase Lisa. He makes the run for it, Derek and Christy try to ride as fast as they can to arrive around the house before the old man gets there. Lisa runs to the car, telling fast what happened, but old man has arrived, runs young people's car and they all escape from the car. The old man pulls out a gun, shoots them and Lisa gets injured. Derek help Lisa to walk when at the same time Benjamin hits Christy with a chain. Benjamin kills Christy with chain around her throat in front of Derek and Lisa's eyes. Turns out the old man is Ivor, Benjamin's brother, who confesses to Benjamin he can't kill for him anymore. Derek and Lisa make their way out of the woods and remain the only survivors.
Produced by Scott Einbinder, who produced vampire involving horror-thriller The Forsaken in 2001.
Directed by Nicholaus Goossen, who directed comedy Grandma's Boy in 2006.
Written by Dan Hannon and Scott Sandler.
Cast: Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco, Katrina Bowden, Nicholas Elia
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