Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

jaywensley2004 As a huge fan of the BtVS TV series I recognize that the movie is a completely different creature from the show.But the show is in here, working hard to rise to the top. If you're willing to pay attention, I think a game can be made of "What's Whedon's?" There are scenes where the dialogue seems clearly intact Joss Whedon (particularly the one-on-one scenes between Buffy and Merrick). And if you listen closely to Pike, Xander Harris speaks. All the elements of The Master vs. Buffy from BtVS Season 1 are in the film, including the sexual subtext, although in the movie it is much more overt, if incompletely explained.Even major visual elements that Whedon would use in the TV show are in the film. The film's training sequence could have been used in the TV show. And perhaps most significantly, Buffy in prom dress and leather jacket are icons in both the movie and the show.And its easy to believe Kristy Swanson was as much Whedon's choice as SMG would be six years later. They don't so much look alike as they do sound similar and have the same presence. It is interesting to me that Swanson's portrayal is never quite as vapid and vacuous as the character is meant to be. Always there is a sense that earnestness and sincerity are lurking. Very much like SMG's portrayal of Buffy as inherently serious but wishing she were more about good times.For me the movie's major flaw is in the editing. I have the sense that much of the plot and character development got left on the cutting room floor. Characters often seem to be picking up conversational threads the audience is not in on, especially the aforementioned sexual tension between The Master and Buffy, and Merrick's conversation with The Master as Merrick is dying. The other problem I have is that the dialogue, especially among Buffy's friends, is too too (irony intended). I saw the movie during its theatrical release and remember thinking that the actor's deliveries were too sincere for me to believe the "pop speak" was meant to be a parody. I have the sense that this was one of Whedon's issues with the changes Fran Kuzui allowed to his script; there's an excess of slang that suggests Kuzui was trying to "talk to" the target audience and she wound up patronizing them.Buffy the movie has small measures of the things that would make Buffy the show so very great. In my opinion it is not the mess many BtVS fans hold it to be. In a way, fans are fortunate to have the two versions. It gives us a chance to see Buffy as envisioned by two directors, one of whom is also the creator.

Morbius Fitzgerald I mean it when I say it in the title, of all the crushed visions from writers that I've seen. This one is easily the best.This film is in the shadow of it's remake, the TV show that everyone loves SO much. Joss Whedon also admitted he hated the end result of this film and the director changed his vision, a lot of material was altered to make it a campy teen comedy. In spite of ALL of this, I still managed to enjoy it.The acting is okay, well sort of. Kirsty Swanson will ALWAYS be compared to Sarah Michelle Gellar and unfortunately for her, SMG does portray the character better. However Swanson led the role with a certain finesse about her that was still well done. Donald Sutherland also does a good "pre-Giles" watcher.I do think this film is okay, it has its moments - I compare the guidance counselor with some of my other teachers when he says(during the final battle) "I've got detention slips, and I'm not afraid to use them." On that note as well, expect that sort of humor. If you thought that sounded like crap or "too corny" for your taste I suggest watching the show.If you watch this THEN the show(or for most people, the other way around), you will find many inconsistencies with the source material. For example the ending is that Buffy defeats the Vampires, dances with Pike in the school hall and they both ride away on a motorcycle together. In the show Buffy apparently burned the school hall down in an effort to stop the vampires (which is why she got expelled) and she moves to Sunnydale with her mom only. The main reason this happens is because of Whedon's last draft, he apparently left the project midway through production and never came back. I look at this film as something COMPLETELY separate to the show for this reason.Overall this is seen as the "ugly sister" to its TV counterpart. Even though this film as MANY weaknesses, its not too bad for a watch or two.

gwnightscream 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.

FlashCallahan Buffy is an air-head cheerleader who is chosen by a guy named Merrick to fend the world of Vampires.When Merrick first informs Buffy that she is the "chosen one," she thinks he's crazy, but then strange things begin to happen.First, Buffy's friend Cassandra and many other kids form her school turn up missing and are later found "dead" with bite marks on their necks.After many other strange occurrences, Buffy then realises that those bite marks were made by vampires, and that they really are out there.This film has a lot to answer for, Namely SMG's career. I have never seen a full episode of the TV series, and never will, but I went to see this at the cinema as a child because it was near Halloween and it was about vampires.The fact of the matter is, the film is boring, and only Swanson and Perry look interested in being in the movie.Sutherland pops up every now and again, looking like a poor mans Father \Merrin, and as for Rutger Hauer, he looks ashamed.Yes, Swank, Affleck, and Arquette are in the movie, but they have hardly anything to do.Swanson is the saving grace though. She is sassy and everything you could want from a dawdling Slayer.I just wish that the rest of the cast could have shown interest.