“Shortcut” (*1/2 out of four) was a dreary horror story about a group of friends (Zak Sutcliffe, Molly Dew, Jack Kane, and others) on a bus trip who take a shortcut into the wilderness where they are mauled by (what else?) a mysterious creature who won’t let them live or leave. Unexpectedly missing are any hillbilly rednecks, a gas station psycho, or excessive and gratuitous gore but that’s not enough to lift this cheap-looking movie out of the muck. Horror fans would best take their own “shortcut” and watch “Deliverance” or even “Wrong Turn” again instead.