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Overall Rank: 10848
Average Rating: 2.3/4
# of Ratings: 147
Theatrical Release Date: 07/31/1992
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Actors: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Hilary Swank
Plot: Buffy Summers is a typical teen worried about cheerleading, fashion and boys. Then she is approached by a strange man named Merrick who tells her she is the Slayer, one chose to slay vampires. At first reluctant, she soon embraces her role while trying to keep a semblance of a normal life. -- Chris Kavan
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2.5/4
Unknown - wrote on 12/05/2011
Good campy fun flick that spawned an even better T.V. series. How often does that happen?
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0.5/4
Lulu1220 - wrote on 02/02/2009
I watched the TV show version of this before I saw the movie and loved it. I cannot say the same about the movie. It is not funny and the acting is really bad. I could not wait until Paul Rubins character died in this movie, because his slow death was getting on my nerves! The only reason I have it half a star is because there is nothing lower!
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2.5/4
Just don't expect it to be like the TV show
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/02/2008
"Buffy" (Kristy Swanson) is the lead cheerleader of a high school who is dating the star basketball player who acts much like the typical valley girl who cares more about status, her appearance and the cheerleading squad. But her destiny has nothing to do with anything she cares most about.
She soon learns about her destiny when she meets "Merrick", a mysterious man who tells her she's "The Chosen One". "The Chosen One" is the one who will lead the fight against vampires. She is "The Vampire Slayer".
"Merrick" trains "Buffy" secretly so she can face the vampires, which are lead by "Lothos" (Rutger Haur) and his right-hand man "Amilyn" (Paul Reubens). To make things worse for "Buffy", her friends and classmates are becoming "Creatures of the Night".
Now, "Merrick", "Buffy" and …
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