The movie that started it all. Killing time at High School takes on a whole new meaning when Buffy (Kristy Swason) a fully accessorised cheerleader is told by a mysterious old man (Donald Sutherland) that she is the appointed one - a vampire slayer of the highest order. But when the chief vampire and his sidekick vow to get their vengeance Buffy finds herslf up to her neck in trouble and battling against the undead with only the help of a seriously gorgeous drifter.
Okay... so anyone weaned on the subsequent series will find the original movie entirely different, but the movie is a legitimate production and the absense of Joss Whedon (who may have disowned the movie before release despite being credited as writer) adds to its value. And, had the movie not been produced and released in the first placed, gaining cult status, Joss Whedon may have remained an obscure talent, and television executives may never have given the goahead for the series in the first place.
More camp horror than true hard core, the movie costars the always watchable Donald Sutherland, Pee Wee Herman Paul Reubens, Blade Runner alumnus Rutger Hauer and American Grafitti's Candy Clark... together with early appearances by Hilary Swank and David Arquette.
Although after an initial meeting between Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland in the gym, Kristy remaining alone after cheerleader practise, she thinks Donald Sutherland (who wants to disclose something secret to her) is some paedo, she eventually warms to the message he has for her.
Anyway... don't disregard the movie simply because the pro-Whedan clique have unceremoniously blackened it - give it a chance.
This is an okay film but very poor compared to the Tv series. Kristy Swanson is not very believable as Buffy and it is all incredibly cheesy. Donald Sutherland also gives a very poor performance as Merrick. The TV show is far more slick, the cast are so much better and the storylines are a lot more gripping than the film. I'd recommend people renting this film for a laugh just for the cheesiness of it all.
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Californian high school cheerleader and fashion obsessive Buffy (Kristy Swanson) discovers she is next in a long line of vampire killers when a strange man (Donald Sutherland) offers to show her how to use a stake. Uninterested at first, Buffy soon accepts her destiny and takes on the vampire king, Lothos (Rutger Hauer), after his henchmen begin attacking her and her boyfriend (Luke Perry).
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