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.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Thomas Jane
- Zeph
- (as Tom Janes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDespite claiming he was cut from the movie, Seth Green does appear in it, although it is just for three seconds, and for two of them he is seen from behind. He is the short red-haired vampire that gets kicked by Buffy outside the gym when a group of vampires, including him, are taunting her. You can recognize him by his haircut alone.
- GoofsWhen Benny is floating outside Pike's window, his reflection is visible.
- Crazy creditsAmilyn (Paul Reubens) revives to go through some more death throes.
- Alternate versionsThe German TV-version has got a few cuts to get a 'not under 12' rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992)
- SoundtracksKeep 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
Featured review
Different films earn stars in Different ways....
Buffy the vampire slayer is not a terrific film. It is not the type of cinema that leaves you breathless and reeling, nor is it the type of cinema that idles at first creeps through your dreams with pervasive intensity. No, this is Time Capsule Cinema, a voyage to the neon panoply of early 90's California in the self described "Lite Age."
Kristy Swanson is lovely as the wise cracking eponymous star, nicely alternating between clinical sarcasm and tenderness in what is, essentially, a limited role. Donald Sutherland and Rutger Howard are hilarious as ancient figures who just happen to be hip to the slangy nature of late 20th century teen dialog. Luke Perry, David Arquette and Hillary Swank (far from her best role, but my favorite film of hers!) and a few others are fine as the assemblage of irreverent teenagers, eye rolling to the max! A highlight of the film is Stephen Root, playing the principal, regaling Buffy with a cautionary tale of his experiences with LSD in the 60's..."I was at a Doobie Brothers concert..."
Oh, and by the way, that's PEE WEE FREAKIN HERMAN as the fanged creep Lefty. Boy he got outta jail just soon enough. Paul Ruebens is phenomenal, of course, and it may be his presence that allows me to shamelessly enjoy the rest of the film through my rose colored glasses of guilty nostalgia!
Too many serious films reek of Los Angeles- you can almost taste the soy burgers and smog- when they take place elsewhere. This makes it difficult to differentiate the cast of actors from the characters they are paid to represent. This film revels in LA's lack of charm and sophistication. I half expected an In-N-Out Burger commercial to pop up half way through. Not enough comedies are as unselfconscious as this one, content to poke fun at themselves till the vampires come home!
7*/10 CAMPY FUN
Kristy Swanson is lovely as the wise cracking eponymous star, nicely alternating between clinical sarcasm and tenderness in what is, essentially, a limited role. Donald Sutherland and Rutger Howard are hilarious as ancient figures who just happen to be hip to the slangy nature of late 20th century teen dialog. Luke Perry, David Arquette and Hillary Swank (far from her best role, but my favorite film of hers!) and a few others are fine as the assemblage of irreverent teenagers, eye rolling to the max! A highlight of the film is Stephen Root, playing the principal, regaling Buffy with a cautionary tale of his experiences with LSD in the 60's..."I was at a Doobie Brothers concert..."
Oh, and by the way, that's PEE WEE FREAKIN HERMAN as the fanged creep Lefty. Boy he got outta jail just soon enough. Paul Ruebens is phenomenal, of course, and it may be his presence that allows me to shamelessly enjoy the rest of the film through my rose colored glasses of guilty nostalgia!
Too many serious films reek of Los Angeles- you can almost taste the soy burgers and smog- when they take place elsewhere. This makes it difficult to differentiate the cast of actors from the characters they are paid to represent. This film revels in LA's lack of charm and sophistication. I half expected an In-N-Out Burger commercial to pop up half way through. Not enough comedies are as unselfconscious as this one, content to poke fun at themselves till the vampires come home!
7*/10 CAMPY FUN
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Sprache
- Also known as
- Buffy, la caza vampiros
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,624,456
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,515,541
- Aug 2, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $16,625,256
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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