Shortcut (2009)

During World War II, a girl took the shortcut and was never seen again. Through flashback we know that she was killed by a young boy with a large rock. Over the next few years, more people disappeared on the shortcut, so a fence is erected and a no trespassing sign is put up.

In the present day, Derek is the new kid in town and his younger brother found a dead dog on the shortcut after having been dared to take the path home. The next day, a football player at school tells Derek his dog since is missing. The two go down the shortcut and end up at the house of the rich crazy guy who owns the land. Insanely they to into his garage where they find a coffee can full of dog tags.

Derek and his friends devise a plan whereby two will watch the crazy rich guy when he comes to town while the others will go search the guys house to see if they can find proof that he killed the dogs. The kids in town will call on the cell phone to warn their friends if the rich guy heads back home. Of course this goes horribly wrong when the cliched no-cell-phone-reception rears it's ugly head.

I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it either. The film is PG-13 so there isn't much blood. There are several twists at the end which aren't that tricky but might catch you by surprise. The most ridiculous thing is that though the short cut has not been used regularly since WWII, the path is clear from over growth and the wooden bridge is not rotted and still looks nice.