Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Year: 1992
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Written by: Joss Whedon
Threat: Vampire
Weapon of Choice: Stake
Based upon: None
IMDb page: 
Buffy the Vampire SlayerYear: 1992 Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui Written by: Joss Whedon Threat: Vampire Weapon of Choice: Stake Based upon: None IMDb page: |
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The tyranist's thoughts
I saw this movie before the TV series made the whole idea of a hot, cheerleading vampire
hunter popular. And I loved it. Still do. In fact, I love both this and the series, but for
different reasons. Rish assures me that I'm the only one though, and that the creator of
it all, Joss Whedon, would hit me if I asked him to sign my copy. [actually, that's not
so. I saw the flick twice in the theatres, and Whedon told me he's less ashamed of this
one than Alien Resurrection, which he regretted not getting his name removed
from.--Rish]
Anyway, you probably know the story. Cheerleader is happy. Strange old man shows up and
makes her unhappy by telling her destiny is to kill vampires. After some convincing and some
death, she proceeds to fulfill her destiny.
Sure they hammed it up, but fundamentally all of the things that made the series a success
are here. You've got the same snappy dialogue (for the most part), the same character situations,
and the same not quite serious vampire threats.
About the only thing you don't have is Sarah Michelle Gellar, and while she goes a long way
toward making any movie watchable, Kristy Swanson is no slouch in that department.
I love this one and I hope that all of you who have dismissed it will give it a chance.
Posted:
Total Skulls: 11
| Sequel | ||
| Sequel setup | ||
| Rips off earlier film | ||
| Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie |  |
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| Future celebrity appears | |
Hilary Swank, Ben Affleck |
| Former celebrity appears | |
Paul Reubens |
| Bad title | ||
| Bad premise | ||
| Bad acting | ||
| Bad dialogue | ||
| Bad execution | ||
| MTV Editing | ||
| OTS | ||
| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
| Wanton sex | ||
| Death associated with sex | ||
| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | ||
| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | ||
| Someone investigates a strange noise | |
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| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | ||
| Victims cower in front of a window/door | |
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| Victim locks self in with killer | ||
| Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
| Toilet stall scene | ||
| Shower/bath scene | ||
| Car stalls or won't start | |
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| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | |
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| Laughable scare | ||
| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | |
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| Hallucination/Vision | ||
| No one believes only witness | ||
| Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
| Warning goes unheeded | ||
| Music detracts from scene | ||
| Death in first five minutes | ||
| x years before/later | ||
| Flashback sequence | |
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| Dark and stormy night | ||
| Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
| Killer wears a mask | ||
| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | ||
| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | ||
| Beheading | ||
| Blood fountain | ||
| Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. | ||
| Poor death effect | ||
| Excessive gore | ||
| No one dies at all | ||
| Virgin survives | ||
| Geek/Nerd survives | |
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| Little kid lamely survives | ||
| Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
| Unresolved subplots | ||
| "It was all a dream" ending | ||
| Unbelievably happy ending | ||
| Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
| What the hell? |