Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992 "She knows a sucker when she sees one."
5.7| 1h26m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 24 July 1992 Released
Producted By: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States of America
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Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.

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Horror, Action, Comedy

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Director

Fran Rubel Kuzui

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Audience Reviews

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated
Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
jacobjohntaylor1 This a great movie. It is one of the scariest movies of all time. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. 5.6 it a good ratting. But this is such a good movie 5.6 is underrating. This is a great movie. I give 10 out of 10. It his a true horror classic. See it. It is a great movie. The show it good. This is a better. See it. It is a classic. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say. This is a great movie great movie great movie great movie great movie. If you like good horror stories then you will like this movie. It is a great movie.
Mr_Ectoplasma "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" follows sassy and unsuspecting cheerleader Buffy (Kristy Swanson), a simple L.A. girl who spends her free time shopping and socializing in the mall food court. But when she finds herself responsible with the taking down bloodsucking demons from hell under the eye of a newfound guardian (Donald Sutherland), her extracurricular activities take a serious hit.Something of a cult film today, and the launching pad for a series of actors (including lead Kristy Swanson, and co-stars Hilary Swank and David Arquette)—as well as birthing the wildly popular series—"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is a heady brew of teen comedy and vampire splatter-lite. I'll make it clear: this is definitely a corny flick, and Joss Whedon's script takes place in an alternate reality where vampires and Valley Girls can and do co-exist. In a lot of ways, it feels like an eighties movie, akin to something "Fright Night" but far less sinister. Whedon's script is humorous in the right places, and Swanson plays the spunky titular character with an appropriate pep. A young Luke Perry is the high school bad boy/hunk and looks the part probably more than he plays it, but his performance is fine. The presence of Paul Reubens and Donald Sutherland lend the film more credibility than it probably deserves, although Sutherland does feel somewhat out of place here; regardless, you can't knock a film for having Donald Sutherland as a part of its cast.All in all, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is a fun and energetic offering of late eighties teen comedy with a splash of vampire blood and some fantastic one-liners; it's a ridiculous, alternate world fantasy, but a fun one at that. It does a fantastic job at meeting the crosshairs of horror and comedy without steering itself into too serious territory. 7/10.
guisreis This is an unpretentious and funny high school action movie with vampires. Very beautiful young Kristy Swanson does a good job playing charismatic and initially futile Buffy. Even the most obvious clichés are nice to be seen performed by her: Silverstone-Clueless-style emptiness, martial arts and vampire-slaying practice, cheer-leading for the basketball school team. Both arrogance and tenderness are convincingly portrayed at her pretty face. Quite remarkable was also Donald Sutherland in the role of Buffy's tutor, Merrick. The film gets campy sometimes, but it is not a flaw. It is quite good in what it intends to do (and that is not to frighten or to be serious). Indeed, I laughed a lot! Seeing Hillary Swank in her very first movie playing one of Buffy's best airhead friends is something to be highlighted. The same can be said about having Rutger Hauer as the comic master vampire. My positive review has nothing to do with being a fan of the TV show, as I have never watched it.
tbills2 Buffy the Vampire Slayer takes on all those too cheesy and too lame teenage fantasy adventures you might see and turns them into something of a smart comedy that has edge and is real. Kristy Swanson is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Swanson gives Buffy a too real vibe with an impressive show. She's outstanding. Kristy's a great choice for the classic part, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Kristy can really act her way around a movie set. She is sooo hot, like, the hottest. I love Kristy Swanson. I love her in everything I see her in. I didn't get enough Kristy Swanson through her short lived career. Watching this helps. I love her in 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag and in The Chase. Kristy Swanson makes Buffy the Vampire Slayer worth watching more than just once, along with the rest of the really good cast. Donald Sutherland supports Swanson effortlessly acting from the shadows so to not take away from Buffy's story. Teen heartthrob Luke Perry brings a bit of his bad boy attitude. Funny man David Arquette brings some of his freaky deaky nature. Pee Wee Herman, Paul Reubens, brings a bit some of his wild imagination. Hilary Swank is seen in beautiful form. Hilary, now, Hilary, can act. She can like seriously, act. Hilary. This fun movie is really campy, but it pays off by the end. Kristy Swanson, I love how nice it is to see you.