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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • 19921992
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
45K
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POPULARITY
2,479
1,633
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
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Flighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.Flighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.Flighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
45K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,479
1,633
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    • Director
      • Fran Rubel Kuzui
    • Writer
      • Joss Whedon
    • Stars
      • Kristy Swanson
      • Donald Sutherland
      • Paul Reubens
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Fran Rubel Kuzui
    • Writer
      • Joss Whedon
    • Stars
      • Kristy Swanson
      • Donald Sutherland
      • Paul Reubens
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 270User reviews
    • 78Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:32
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer Official Trailer

    Photos167

    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Donald Sutherland in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Luke Perry and Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    Luke Perry and Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

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    Kristy Swanson
    Kristy Swanson
    • Buffy
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Merrick
    Paul Reubens
    Paul Reubens
    • Amilyn
    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Lothos
    Luke Perry
    Luke Perry
    • Pike
    Michele Abrams
    Michele Abrams
    • Jennifer
    Hilary Swank
    Hilary Swank
    • Kimberly
    Paris Vaughan
    Paris Vaughan
    • Nicole 'Nicki'
    David Arquette
    David Arquette
    • Benny
    Randall Batinkoff
    Randall Batinkoff
    • Jeffrey
    Andrew Lowery
    • Andy
    Sasha Jenson
    Sasha Jenson
    • Grueller
    Stephen Root
    Stephen Root
    • Gary Murray
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    • Cassandra
    Candy Clark
    Candy Clark
    • Buffy's Mom
    Mark DeCarlo
    Mark DeCarlo
    • Coach
    Thomas Jane
    Thomas Jane
    • Zeph
    • (as Tom Janes)
    James Paradise
    James Paradise
    • Buffy's Dad
    • Director
      • Fran Rubel Kuzui
    • Writer
      • Joss Whedon
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the original version of the script, Merrick (Donald Sutherland) committed suicide to escape being turned into a vampire by Lothos (Rutger Hauer), who wanted to know the Slayer's identity so he could dispatch her. It is this version that was restored in the Buffy "Origin" comic.
    • Goofs
      When Benny is floating outside Pike's window, his reflection is visible.
    • Quotes

      Andy: They had this look in their eyes, totally cold, animal. I think they were young Republicans.

    • Crazy credits
      Amilyn (Paul Reubens) revives to go through some more death throes.
    • Alternate versions
      The German TV-version has got a few cuts to get a 'not under 12' rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Keep It Coming (Dance 'Till You Can't Dance No More)
      Written by Robert Clivillés, Anthony Quiles, Duran Ramos and David Cole

      Produced by Robert Clivillés and David Cole for Cole/Clivillés Music Enterprises

      Performed by C+C Music Factory (as C & C Music Factory) featuring Q-Unique and Deborah Cooper

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

    User reviews270

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    Top review
    6/10
    Tongue-in-cheek but it doesn't make a great movie
    First off I have to say my review of this movie may be somewhat coloured by my adoration of the television series. Despite sharing a few superficial elements - a character called Buffy who slays vampires and who has a watcher - the two are quite distinctive (even if Joss Whedon penned them both).

    "Buffy" here is very much played with a tongue-in-cheek. It's Clueless meets Dracula. Buffy and her cohorts are shallower than an evaporated puddle and Buffy can only learn to grow up when heaped with the responsibility of being the Chosen One, destined to slay vampires. The vampires in question are just people with white faces played up in quite a camp manner and bare little resemblance to the sharp, wise, smart vampires favored by both the TV series and other movies.

    There's no acting of any note and the plot is wet-paper thin. The direction isn't memorable... so what stops the movie getting a 0 or a 1? The humour. The movie is played for laughs, taking a bit of a dig at pop culture and vampire lore. There's some great lines in it - particularly the "kill him A LOT!" line. Watch the coach at the basketball game for similar humour, and there is an unforgettable vampire staking towards the movie end that's very amusing.

    The movie looks like it was shot on a shoe-string budget (adding to the camp tongue-in-cheek parody feel) and has none of the production values we'd see Whedon employ later on. What it does have is a sometimes very amusing line in black humour offset somewhat by an irritating need to follow the "Clueless" mould of teenagers (which was, admittedly, the trend at the time). It's not an awfully bad movie but it's not really all that good. In the end it's a 5.5/10 from me.
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    • Aidan McGuinness
    • Feb 4, 2002

    FAQ4

    • What differences are there in the series to the movie?
    • Is Buffy reincarnated as well as Merrick?
    • So what happened to Pike?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Buffy la cazavampiros
    • Filming locations
      • John Marshall High School - 3939 Tracy Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Kuzui Enterprises
      • Sandollar
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,624,456
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,515,541
      • Aug 2, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,624,456
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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