Buffy the Vampire Slayer Movie Review 1992

Funny, near-camp teen genre spoof. Buffy is a typical mall gal concerned with shopping and cheerleading, until the mysterious Sutherland proclaims it her destiny to slay the vampires who have suddenly infested Los Angeles. Like, really. Buffy requires some convincing, but eventually takes up the challenge, fighting off the vamps and their seductive leader Hauer, aided by perpetual guy-in-distress Perry. "Pee-wee" Reubens is unrecognizable and terribly amusing as the vampire king's sinister henchman, engaging in one of the longer death scenes of film history. Check out Cassandra (Wagner), Natalie Wood's daughter.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Vampires, Vampire Spoof, Wonder Women, Hell High School, Teen Angst, Great Death Scenes, Cheerleaders, Vampire Babes

Screenplay

Joss Whedon

Cast

Stephen (Steve) Root, Ben Affleck, Mark DeCarlo, Thomas Jane, Ricki Lake, Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry, Paul (Pee-wee Herman) Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Michele Abrams, Randall Batinkoff, Hilary Swank, Paris Vaughan, David Arquette, Candy Clark, Natasha Gregson Wagner

Cinematography

James Hayman

Director

Fran Rubel Kuzui

Music

Carter Burwell

Producer

20th Century-Fox