"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) TV series 1997-2003

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Creator:

Joss Whedon

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

10 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Get home before dark.

Plot:

After the traumatizing ordeal in the movie with the same name, Buffy Summers and her mother move to Sunnydale, only to discover that L.A. was just a walk in the park...

Plot Keywords:

Demon | High School | Vampire | Destiny | Chosen One

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 34 wins & 99 nominations

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers / ... (145 episodes, 1997-2003)
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris (145 episodes, 1997-2003)
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg (144 episodes, 1997-2003)
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles / ... (124 episodes, 1997-2003)
James Marsters	...	Spike (97 episodes, 1997-2003)
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya (85 episodes, 1998-2003)
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers (66 episodes, 2000-2003)

Also Known As:

"BtVS" (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
"Buffy" (USA) (short title)
"Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series" (USA) (long title)

Runtime:

44 min (144 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:M | USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Israel:PG | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) (season 7) | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The names of buildings and places at fictional U.C. Sunnydale are actual locations and buildings at real-life U.C. Santa Cruz.

Quotes:

Andrew Wells: Get out of my brain!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Primeval: (#1.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme

Could've been better

I think the writers were surprised that people put up with this show as long as they did. The writing and storylines toward the latter seasons were really lax. I was getting bored. I'm glad it ended actually. The show was moving at a snail's pace and they had seemed to run out of ideas of what to kill or do next. It was a neat show at first, but it just got too...I don't know...dead? Or undead if you see fit. They had witty quips and the chem was good, but it was just not meant to be. Not bad to watch in reruns, but it still pains you sometimes.