February 1, 2007
Without this movie, there would be no Sarah Michelle Gellar or arguments about who's the better Buffy.
Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens
A flighty teenage girl learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
DVD Release Date: September 4, 2001
Stats: 11,427 reviews
Flixster Reviews (11,427)
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September 22, 2009I saw this movie 17 years after it was released. Even after seeing a few of the Buffy TV shows. Perhaps I was expecting too much for the first movie of the Buffy genre. I didn't like it. Too simplistic. Stick to the TV series, and skip this movie.
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November 20, 2009This is a pretty good comedic horror. Kristy Swanson is enigmatic and Luke Perry does a great job as her male counterpart. The film is rather funny, well made and pretty unique for the time. This movie is a classic and well worth watching if you are a fan of the genre - just don'...( read more)
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November 12, 2009I still have trouble believing that such a great tv series came from this. it's classic 80's bad.
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October 26, 2009I'm a huge fan of the TV show, so it was going to be hard going into this with an open mind. I knew the creative heights reached by the show so it was going to be hard seeing it as just a bubblegum teen movie. But unfortunately, that isn't even really the problem. I was fine with...( read more)
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October 14, 2009I think the TV show was probably much better than the movie which started it all. The movie had a very TV-feel to it (ie, production quality).
Critic Reviews
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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March 21, 2008This movie wasn't that bad, but for buffy fans you should watch this, I love the show Buffy! :D
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October 31, 2007i agree great series, i love it! but not the best movie. joss whedon did write the script for the movie. But from what i heard Kuzui didnt understand Joss's vision and did a really bad job of directing.
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August 29, 2007ok we got a moron on the loose, if you can read this that means you can scroll up to the part where it says "more like this" and right there in the movies listed along with lost boys and underworld are the movies shindlers list and e.t., does anybody else notice that. someone please tell me how that could be. That 39% of the people that did see that AGREE (WHAT?!?) with that. no, buffy the vampire slayer and shindlers list should and will never have anything to do with each other. this is making my brain hemmorage, i can feel it. i got to go.
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August 1, 2007i've never seen this movie, never really feel the need to, but i am IN LOVE with the show. I own all the seasons on DVD and I love Spike! Movie doesn't look that great though.
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July 14, 2007i strongly agree with pandorasboxx999 seriously great tv show sukyish movie tho xx
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May 31, 2007I'm ridiculously addicted to the television show (and its spinoff Angel)...but i cannot stand this movie.
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May 9, 2007Man SpookyRueban has some issues about Buffy lol
I can not agree with him on the tv show, i thought some of the acting was very good and the writing was good, i especially liked James Marsters ACTING, read:not that he was hot, in the last two seasons.
hot had nothing to do with it, it was about talent.
maybe he just tried early seasons before things ggot less cheeky... i dunno... i think the writing was descent and not overly formulamtic... and i criticize writing in eveyrthing as i am a writer myself, i always think i could have done it better, i didnt have too many of those moments with buffy.
Angel wasnt as good IMO.
I miss Buffy...
the movie i saw like the year it came out and tho' novel, i cant stand swanson and perry lol so my view was skewed. -
May 4, 2007Ok, why can't anyone realize that the movie, and the show, really are two completely different universes. It's like with comics- you get different creator interpretations. This one is a comedy rather than being darkly melodramatic.
This should be obvious and I still cannot find an explanation (besides the obvious conclusion) for all the TV show photos in this movie's photo collection.
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