Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992 Directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui

She knows a sucker when she sees one.

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader: her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die," and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop! But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel, Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos the Vampire King, his sidekick, Lefty, and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the Valley.

Kristy Swanson Donald Sutherland Paul Reubens Rutger Hauer Luke Perry Hilary Swank Michele Abrams David Arquette Natasha Gregson Wagner Thomas Jane Ricki Lake Ben Affleck Stephen Root Sasha Jenson Candy Clark Alexis Arquette Seth Green

Alternative Titles

Buffy - Der Vampir-Killer, Buffy - Der Vampirkiller, Buffy la Caza Vampiros, Баффі - переможниця вампірів, Buffy The Movie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992

action horror comedy

86 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by mz piggy olson ★★½ 57

i think i would like this more if
a. joss whedon hadnt written it
b. joss whedon hadnt written like half the male characters calling buffy a bitch or d*ke every ten seconds
c. joss whedon wasnt a gross bad writer
d. there wasnt romance
e. most of the jokes hadnt fallen flat
f. buffy and her crew weren't written as stupid mean girls
g. really my big thing is that i didn't like the way this was written at all fuk u joss whedon u suk
this is some stuff i liked tho:
a. paul reubens and david arquette are good vampires though
b. david arquette is one of my favorite 90s doofuses tbh
c. that's it really
Review by Keegs 🌈 ★ 2

There's an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Xander gets seduced by his teacher who ends up being a giant sexy Praying Mantis and it gave me a boner when I was little and also was the reason I'm gay at the same time.
This movie did not give me a boner when I was little nor did it make me gay.
Review by robyn ★★★★★

deeply suspicious of anyone who doesnt love this film.
Review by Gabriel Jewett ★★★★★ 4

"Hey we paid good money to see this!"
"Dude, no we didn't"
"Oh yeah"
I love everything Buffy: the video games, books, comics, the TV show, and of course this movie.
I was even thinking about my dedicating an entire section of my room to Buffy, called "the Buffy corner"... I know I know.
You would think since the series is my favorite television show of all time that I would hate this movie, but I don't at all because Buffy the Vampire Slayer is honestly in my top 10 of all time. (Movies in general)
Kristy Swanson is one of my favorite actresses I really wish she got more recognition!
Fun fact: this features a young David Arquette in…
Review by Evan ★★★

There are few transformation montages more satisfying than seeing Luke Perry finally get rid of that soul patch.
Review by Saturnome

J'espère que tout le monde impliqué dans ce film a pu arrondir ses fins de mois avec ce qui était clairement un deuxième job de soir et que le mixeur de son a pu s'acheter ses écouteurs ou haut-parleurs !!

Recent reviews

Review by Luke Allen Haughton ★★½

So odd that this led to such a great series
Review by Saturnome

J'espère que tout le monde impliqué dans ce film a pu arrondir ses fins de mois avec ce qui était clairement un deuxième job de soir et que le mixeur de son a pu s'acheter ses écouteurs ou haut-parleurs !!
Review by tchouff

I am the chosen one. And I CHOOSE to be SHOPPING.
Review by Struan ★★

I grew up adoring the series of Buffy; I watched it so much. As a result, I was super sceptical about this original movie. Safe to say I should have been. Now I need to say, if I didn’t watch the show this would have been rated higher. For me, Sarah Michelle Gellar is sorely missed but Kirsty isn’t bad by any means, but she isn’t good. She’s okay. The thing I really loved about Buffy is that it loved the misfits, the outcasts. Anyone who didn’t fit in with the typical straight cisgender popular normative, they would have fit in perfectly with the Scooby Gang. Whereas this one is fairly sexist which didn’t align with what I know Buffy…
Review by dac23 ★★★

It was like blade meet clueless, It was so 90's
Review by LyndaGabby ★★★

My friends and I were very into Buffy the Vampire Slayer(tv show) in Junior High and this is very different I mean it’s good but bless her heart Kristy Swanson is no Sarah Michelle Gellar
Review by glimmerman96 ★★★ 3

Eine echt verschärfte Mischung aus Teenie-Komödie und Horrorfilm. Trashiger als ich ihn Erinnerung hatte. Aber trotzdem rattenscharf, weil echt hart 90er. Da platzt mir altem Loden-Jockel aber richtig die Hose. Vor allem weil Kristy Swanson son steiler Zahn ist. Also, immer senkrecht bleiben!
Review by lolaaasage ★

I couldn’t do it.
Review by Olivia ★★★

man. joss whedon sucks!