Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 24
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Average Rating: 3.7/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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The idea of fusing teen sex-comedy and horror genres into a boffo box-office bonanza seems like classic braindead Hollywood-think... but somehow, beyond all reason, the makers of this film manage to pull it off. Much of the credit goes to director Fran Rubel Kuzui (Tokyo Pop) who chooses wisely to let the jokes and action rip by so quickly that viewers won't have time to realize there's practically nothing going on. Also excellent is Kristy Swanson as the bubble-headed cheerleader who learns
Jul 31, 1992 Wide
Sep 4, 2001
20th Century Fox
Cast
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Kristy Swanson
Buffy -
Donald Sutherland
Merrick -
Rutger Hauer
Lothos -
Paul Reubens
Amilyn -
Luke Perry
Pike -
Michele Abrams
Jennifer -
Hilary Swank
Kimberly -
Paris Vaughan
Nicole -
David Arquette
Benny -
Randall Batinkoff
Jeffrey -
Candy Clark
Buffy's Mom -
Andrew Lowery
Andy -
Sasha Jenson
Grueller -
Stephen Root
Gary Murray -
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Cassandra -
Mark De Carlo
Coach -
Ben Affleck
Basketball Player -
Chino Binamo
Vampire -
Al Goto
Vampire -
Michael Kopelow
Student -
Ricki Lake
Charlotte (uncredited) -
Paul Lane
Robert Berman -
Chi-Muoi Lo
Vampire -
Rick Logan
Bloody Student -
James Paradise
Buffy's Dad -
David Sherrill
Knight -
Ben R. Scott
Vampire -
Terry Jackson
Vampire -
Sharon Schaffer
Vampire -
Lincoln Simonds
Vampire -
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Mike Johnson
Vampire -
Tony Maxwell
Student -
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Thomas Jane
Zeph -
Liz Smith
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All Critics (35) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (25) | DVD (19)
Joss Whedon's script has some fun with Valley talk (both genuine and ersatz) but strains to sell the story.
A bloodless comic resurrection of the undead that goes serious just when it should get wild and woolly.
Unfocused stuff, pitched at undemanding teenagers.
Top CriticA slight, good-humored film that's a lot more painless than might have been expected.
As a friend tells Buffy while she eyes a fashion purchase, 'It's so five minutes ago.'
The jokes are pretty good, the premise is just off-the-wall enough to keep you tittering.
Buffy isn't funny or scary, it's just mediocre, slowly losing interest in itself as Kuzui runs out of imagination.
Flippant horror comedy that birthed the TV show.
Enjoyable, but now basically a footnote to the TV series.
Quite why Perry, as romantic interest, is still trying to convince peopel he is of high school age remains a mystery.
This pallid crossbreeding of vampire horror with Valley Girl vamping has no surprises.
A sometimes entertaining mess. (The TV series is, shockingly, a whole lot better.)
Grease in the 80s... with Vampires. Ugh.
From this whole thing, who comes out the best? Paul Reubens! Who knew?
My favorite TV show is Buffy, I still can't believe it came from this horrible movie.
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It is, of course, a silly little movie and best treated as nothing to do with the excellent tv series. Good fun, though.