Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    1992

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Kristy SwansonBuffy Summers
    • Donald SutherlandMerrick Jamison-Smythe
    • Paul ReubensAmilyn
    • Rutger HauerLothos
    • Luke PerryOliver Pike
    • Hilary SwankKimberly Hannah
    • Michele AbramsJennifer
    • David ArquetteBenny
    • Natasha Gregson WagnerCassandra
    • Thomas JaneZeph

    Recommendations

    • 67

      Christian Science Monitor

      Moving from the Dark Ages of old Europe to the Lite Ages of new California, this brash comedy pits a Valley Girl against a vampire. Kristy Swanson heads the likable cast, with Donald Sutherland and Paul Reubens in standout supporting performances. [31 Jul 1992].
    • 60

      The New York Times

      Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a slight, good-humored film that's a lot more painless than might have been expected. Ms. Swanson's funny, deadpan delivery holds the story together reasonably well, as does the state-of-the-art Val-speak that constitutes most of Buffy's dialogue.
    • 60

      Washington Post

      Buffy is amusing for a time but its destiny is to die in a disappointing, long-winded conclusion. The second half feels stretched out and muddled, as if screenwriter Joss Whedon drove a stake through his script. However, in his depiction of the vapid SoCal world, Whedon knows the territory.
    • 60

      Washington Post

      The movie is a mess from start to finish. But then again, this jerky, haphazard approach is part of the movie's goofy charm.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Actress Kristy Swanson provides the ideal combination of energy and comic disdain that characterize a most unlikely savior. While it would be a mistake to oversell Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the sad and/or happy truth is that you could do worse on a warm summer night. A lot worse. [31 Jul 1992, p.1]
    • 50

      Austin Chronicle

      Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a fun movie; so much better than it has to be and so much better than you expect it to be. Buffy is to vampire movies what Valley Girl is to Romeo and Juliet stories: a fresh reworking of an old formula staged by up-to-the-second California teens.
    • 50

      Boston Globe

      In short, when Buffy starts getting fangy, it stops being tangy. It gets all serious and earnest and flops as a teen-age love story and as a vampire thriller and even as a parody. It's not even a "Fright Night," much less a "Near Dark," and only hints at a "Lost Boys" ambience. [31 Jul 1992, p.38]
    • 50

      Chicago Tribune

      Kuzui has imposed a heavily block-lettered feminist message on the movie, suggesting that Buffy discovers her empowerment as a woman by driving huge, phallic stakes through the hearts of her enemies. In this case, having it all means being feminine and bloodthirsty, too. [31 Jul 1992, p.B]

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