Buffy the Vampire Slayer (DVD, 2001)

BLONDE, BOUNCY BUFFY (KRISTY SWANSON) IS YOUR TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER-HER GOAL IS TO "MARRY CHRISTIAN SLATER AND DIE" AND NOTHING GETS IN HER WAY WHEN IT'S TIME TO SHOP. BUT ALL THAT CHANGES WHEN A STRANGE MAN (DONALD SUTHERLAND) INFORMS HER SHE'S BEEN CHOSEN BY FATE TO KILL VAMPIRES. WITH THE HELP OF A ROMANTIC REBEL (LUKE PERRY), BUFFY IS SOON SPENDING SCHOOL NIGHTS PROTECTING L.A. FROM LOTHOS, THE VAMPIRE KING (RUTGER HAUER), HIS SIDEKICK,LEFTY (PAUL REUBENS),AND THEIR DETERMINED GANG OF BLOODSUCKERS. IT'S EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT FROM A TEEN QUEEN IN THE VALLEY.

Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer
and Luke Perry star in this 1992 horror comedy. A California
high school cheerleader is chosen to slay the undead. I've
always liked this film and Kristy is so cute. This dvd has
decent picture and sound plus a couple neat extras. Pick
up this good horror comedy.

For it's time period this movie was ok, I think if they'd had a better budget it could've been better. What I am here to tell you that most people don't know is that if you look on the back of the box where some of the credits are you will see that the movie was actually written by Joss Whedon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer the TV show was not created as a Buffy Movie knock off. Joss Produced the TV series as well as wrote the movie. The TV series is supposed to take place AFTER the movie. If you know the TV series, you know that Buffy lived in L.A before she came to Sunnydale, the Movie is merely her life before Sunnydale (of corse with a few holes).

I bought this item because I wanted to finish off my Buffy series & movies. I liked this movie because of the different story about the Vampires. I do not like the way that the Vampires die. They always ash or dry up to dust, when the second in command vampire was staked through the heart he played like it hurt for close to a minute & then just fell. That was it nothing else. Also when the Leader of the vampires was staked through the heart he just fell & covered his head with his cape. That was just so fake & no where to any of the stories of deaths of vampires. Like I said I bought it to finish my collection of the Buffy series & movies.

If you love the early 90's you might like this. It is a very cheesy movie, and I even thought that when it came out but it was all I was missing in my Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD collection. Paul Reuban does a great jb and makes watching this movie tolerable.