Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Simply Perfect

Fresh and Exciting

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Pike has met a new girl who is a cheerleader, beautiful, spoiled and recently been called as a slayer. A woman chosen by fate to hunt vampires and demons. What he didn't know is he has staked her heart. Now he must help her defeat a Master vampire and his army of undead from sucking the town dry. I find the movie to pale in comparison to the TV show of the same name, but it does have a few good merits to its name.The beginning starts out with the slayer being introduced as a narrator explains what they are and where vampires comes from. The voice is very rich, deep and creepy. We cut to Buffy leading the cheerleaders in an upbeat dance number reminisce of 80s films.Another scene deserving of recognition is Buffy facing her first vamp. A huge event where the supernatural is revealed. The look of terror on her face and her clumsy attempt at her first staking.Paul Ruben plays the lackey Amylin who livens up the screen every time he appears and leads to some of the best jokes in the film.Lothos the vampire king could've been scary, menacing and powerful but behind the stage politics prevented that from happening.Buffy becomes estranged from her friends and her watcher dies draws her closer to bad boy Pike. It seems they were destined to find one another and had genuine affection for one another. At the end the vampires attack causing Buffy to face her fears and destroy the demons of the night.The vampires are defeated as our favorite couple drive off into the sunset. The film really shows female empowerment by one girl taking on an army and dealing with a centuries old villain by relying on herself instead of another. The deaths of these powerful men is patriarchy ending and matriarchy rising up to take its place.Her relationships to her watcher and boyfriend add a human element and means she doesn't have to act alone or rely fully on a watcher.I rate it 6/0

This is an unpretentious and funny high school action movie with vampires. Very beautiful young Kristy Swanson does a good job playing charismatic and initially futile Buffy. Even the most obvious clichés are nice to be seen performed by her: Silverstone-Clueless-style emptiness, martial arts and vampire-slaying practice, cheer-leading for the basketball school team. Both arrogance and tenderness are convincingly portrayed at her pretty face. Quite remarkable was also Donald Sutherland in the role of Buffy's tutor, Merrick. The film gets campy sometimes, but it is not a flaw. It is quite good in what it intends to do (and that is not to frighten or to be serious). Indeed, I laughed a lot! Seeing Hillary Swank in her very first movie playing one of Buffy's best airhead friends is something to be highlighted. The same can be said about having Rutger Hauer as the comic master vampire. My positive review has nothing to do with being a fan of the TV show, as I have never watched it.

Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is the quintessential valley girl cheerleader. She and her friends are all clueless. She is approached by Merrick (Donald Sutherland) and told that she is the Slayer. There are vampires in the world, and there is a slayer who fights them. When one slayer falls, another one takes her place. It is Buffy's turn to be the Slayer. She is joined by a slacker outcast Pike (Luke Perry) in a fight against the powerful Lothos (Rutger Hauer).This is most notable for who wrote the script, Joss Whedon. Although he definitely has disowned this with all the changes to his script. It has a funny co-starring role from Paul Reubens. The style is lacking. Kristy Swanson has the looks but not quite the attitude of the valley girl exactly. She always seems a bit too bright and too serious for the clueless role. It is definitely a very light sarcastic take on the vampire movie.

Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer and Luke Perry star in this 1992 horror comedy. A high school cheerleader is chosen to slay the undead. Buffy (Swanson) is a high school cheerleader who lives in California. She's been having dreams of being someone else in another life and facing vampires led by Lothos (Hauer). Soon, she meets Merrick (Sutherland), an old vampire hunter who reveals her birthright and helps her fight against the undead. Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) plays Amilyn, the right hand man of Lothos and Perry plays Pike, a mechanic who gets close with Buffy. David Arquette (Scream) is also featured as Pike's buddy, Benny who becomes a vampire. I've always enjoyed this film and Kristy is so cute. I recommend this good horror comedy.