Written by Daniele Cosci
Directed by Alessio Liguori
Starring Jack Kane, Zak Sutcliffe, Andrei Claude, Sophie Jane Oliver and Terence Anderson
Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
MPAA rating: R for language throughout and some bloody images

by Alex Rudolph

At the beginning of the new British horror film Shortcut, five teens and an adult driver take a bus on a ride that will change their fates forever. We know this because one of them literally says, in voiceover, "Nobody could imagine that [the ride] would change our fates forever." I don't need horror to be subtle, but I'd rather it not tell me its plot via "In a world..." auto-complete cliches.