There have been wonderful horror movies over the years. Some exceptional examples have been silent films, like ‘Nosferatu,’ classic films like Boris Karloff’s ‘Frankenstein,’ and modern legends like ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street.’
A worthwhile addition to this list can be found in the 2011 short film ‘The Code.’
Made for Austin's‘SPLATTERFEST WEEKEND OF MAYHEM,’ this horror/comedy won 11 awards when it premiered. It can now be found on this link at ‘Funny or Die’ on the net.
With a running time of a little over five minutes, this clever little film presents a full itinerary of monsters, zombies, vampires and people in distress.
It begins on a moonlit night as a young couple is having a first date. Before things can progress very far with them, they are set upon by a horde of flesh eating zombies. They fearfully look to retreat from their impending doom, only to run smack dab into a serial killer.
This is when the film gets interesting, and takes a very nice turn. The leader of the blood drooling zombies suddenly becomes uncharacteristically articulate and tells the killer that he is breaking the killer's code by being there. He says it's the zombie's night to be out murdering people, and produces a shiny black code book, (a la Paul Walker in 'The Skulls.')
The young couple is trapped between them, and what becomes a cadre of confused monsters who show up thinking it is their night to shine.
I'm not going to tell much more in that I don't want to ruin things here.
Suffice to say the inclusion of Dallas newcomer Tamara Voss as ‘Vanna Helsing‘ in a Buffy type role was a welcome highlight of the film.
Ms. Voss does an awesome job. Not only does she have a talent and an ease being in front of the camera, but she presents a character that would be nice to see in a longer spinoff to this film.
'The Code' is intelligent, and for a low budget film, the effects are nice. As a whole, it really works.
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