Pike has met a new girl who is a cheerleader, beautiful, spoiled and recently been called as a slayer. A woman chosen by fate to hunt vampires and demons. What he didn't know is he has staked her heart. Now he must help her defeat a Master vampire and his army of undead from sucking the town dry. I find the movie to pale in comparison to the TV show of the same name, but it does have a few good merits to its name.The beginning starts out with the slayer being introduced as a narrator explains what they are and where vampires comes from. The voice is very rich, deep and creepy. We cut to Buffy leading the cheerleaders in an upbeat dance number reminisce of 80s films.Another scene deserving of recognition is Buffy facing her first vamp. A huge event where the supernatural is revealed. The look of terror on her face and her clumsy attempt at her first staking.Paul Ruben plays the lackey Amylin who livens up the screen every time he appears and leads to some of the best jokes in the film.Lothos the vampire king could've been scary, menacing and powerful but behind the stage politics prevented that from happening.Buffy becomes estranged from her friends and her watcher dies draws her closer to bad boy Pike. It seems they were destined to find one another and had genuine affection for one another. At the end the vampires attack causing Buffy to face her fears and destroy the demons of the night.The vampires are defeated as our favorite couple drive off into the sunset. The film really shows female empowerment by one girl taking on an army and dealing with a centuries old villain by relying on herself instead of another. The deaths of these powerful men is patriarchy ending and matriarchy rising up to take its place.Her relationships to her watcher and boyfriend add a human element and means she doesn't have to act alone or rely fully on a watcher.I rate it 6/0

It was fun how there was some depth to the story. It's more than a cheesy horror flick. Buffy changes as a character. She struggles with being 'weird' and how it conflicts with what she'd hoped for herself. The guys in this movie are pretty cool. Maybe I like them because they are rebels or because they're just good actors. The ending was hard to understand and it was almost funny how nonchalant the main protagonist dies. It's like, why didn't he kill Buffy when he had the chance? Why did he just let his main minion be killed by Buffy? Why didn't his minion struggle at all when she was killing him? Didn't make much sense. Overall it's a cheap movie but it does have some nice depth and I thought a lot of the dialogue was clever too.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is a movie that was made for the teen mallrat crowd. It's light, fluffy and makes very little demands of its audience. But it works for me, and mostly because of the cast. Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens (who has one of my favorite movie death scenes), Donald Sutherland and even Luke Perry seem to fit like just-right puzzle pieces, while Stephen Root easily steals all of his scenes. Much of this movie's charm lies in its lead. Kristy Swanson has the valley girl teen down to a T. She's game for the role's physicality and brings a likability to her vapid one-liners. Smoking hot, too, let's not forget that.I didn't expect much going into this; it's a very '90s movie (not my thing) right down to its soundtrack. But I did like the vapidity of its sense of humor, very much dig the star, and it made for a good time. Certainly laughed more than I'd expected to, and it never took itself too seriously. It also helps that it's more accessible to me than the TV series. 7/10

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.