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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Nightmares (1997)


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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997): Season 1: Episode 10 -- The nightmare world of a comatose child sends Buffy and her friends into a realm where their worst nightmares become reality.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997): Season 1: Episode 10 -- The students of Sunnydale High start having their worst nightmares come true.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE) and Kyle (JEFF YAGHER) are captured by Visitors, and Charles (DUNCAN REGEHR), the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces. Equipped with an improved conversion technique, the cunning Charles brainwashes Ham to kill Donovan (MARC SINGER) during a prisoner exchange.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997): Season 1: Episode 10 -- The little boy offers an explanation to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997): Season 1: Episode 10 -- While enjoying a dream about chocolate bars, Xander finds himself running from a killer clown nightmare.
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Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   442 votes
Director:
Bruce Seth Green
Writers:
Joss Whedon (creator)
Joss Whedon (story)
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TV Series:
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)
Original Air Date:
12 May 1997 (Season 1, Episode 10)
Genre:
Action | Drama | Fantasy more
Plot:
At the hell-mouth, the Master of evil explains to his boy heir Collin that fear rules people better then love or hate... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
A beautiful example of why Buffy rocks more (4 total)

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Sarah Michelle Gellar ... Buffy Summers

Nicholas Brendon ... Xander Harris

Alyson Hannigan ... Willow Rosenberg

Charisma Carpenter ... Cordelia Chase

Anthony Head ... Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Mark Metcalf ... The Master
Kristine Sutherland ... Joyce Summers

Jeremy Foley ... Billy Palmer

Andrew J. Ferchland ... Collin
Dean Butler ... Hank Summers

Justin Urich ... Wendell
J. Robin Miller ... Laura

Terry Walters ... Ms. Tishler (as Terry Cain)
Scott Harlan ... Aldo Gianfranco
Brian Pietro ... Coach
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
45 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
USA:TV-PG
Company:
Mutant Enemy more

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Trivia:
This episode and the season six musical episode "Once More With Feeling" contain specific references to each other. In "Nightmares," when the group is trying to figure out what magical issue they have to overcome this week, Xander says, "our dreams are coming true," and Giles responds, "Dreams? That would be the musical comedy version of this," which is basically a description of "Once More With Feeling." In "Once More With Feeling," when the group is again trying to figure out what magical issue they have to overcome this week, Willow sings "I've got a theory: some kid is dreaming, and we're all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare," which is close to the plot of "Nightmares." more
Goofs:
Continuity: (At 02:45) Willow and Buffy are talking about Buffy's parents divorce. In the scene Buffy closes her locker. There is a cut away shot and then she closes her locker again. more
Quotes:
Xander: Probably be faster if we split up to look for her.
Rupert Giles: Good idea.
[Xander and Giles go in opposite directions leaving Willow standing there alone]
Willow: Uh-uh, faster, but not really safer.
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Movie Connections:
References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Vieni La Sera more

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5 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A beautiful example of why Buffy rocks, 8 March 2007
10/10
Author: Anthony Wheeler from Australia

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when i first watched this episode i watched it about midnight and it scared the crap out of me and yet touched me with Buffy's transformation to a vamp.

this episode was just so good because it had the colleague of different beasties of "halloween" the dream like essence of "restless" and it just touched me like oz's leaving.

I Recently watched all of season 1 with a bunch of friends and this and prophecy girl (another great episode) were there favorites. this episode made me cringe with its terrifying clown made me laugh at the same clown. made me laugh at willow because it was so smartly written, so simple, so brilliant it shows how Buffy survived 7 years in prime time

this episode is beautiful with some great dialog 10 out of 10 WATCH IT

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