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A very strange film to review.On one hand,the casting,Paul Reubens,of Pee Wee Herman fame ,is Amilyn a vampire servant to Rutger Hauer as Lothos,the leader.Both interesting calls here.Reubens may be my favorite part of the movie. Donald Sutherland as Merrick ,a old teacher of future vampire slayers and even future academy award winner Hilary Swank as Kimberly,a dipsy girlfriend of Buffy.However Kristy Swanson as Buffy,the title character and Luke Perry as Pike,her boy toy leave me cool.Almost lost is David Arquette as Benny,Pikes friend turned into a vampire.So the casting is wild and the script can be termed as Valley girl beats up vampires rethinks to PMS.As comedy goes,its a personnel taste but the slowness of Buffys tumbling skills can be termed over camp and loses all believability of any seriousness in the outcome in her battles with the evil doers. We must remember this film did spawn a very successful and long running TV series.I however can only rate it bearly watchable as I don't really know whats meant to be camp or believed.Thus 2 and 1/2 stars off.Released in 1992 it is also short at only 86 minutes.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary below.
Buffy Summers has the lifestyle any young woman could want. Cheerleading, dating the captain of the basketball team, and copious amounts of time spent shopping with friends. She had no idea of her true calling until a mysterious man named Merrick approached her and told her that she is the Slayer; one woman called to defend the world from vampires. Reluctant to concede to the fact, Buffy soon learns that Merrick speaks the truth and so begins to take her new life seriously while trying to maintain the sense of normality her life had once been. With her best friends slowly abandoning her, Buffy finds solace in the town outcast, Pike, who knows very well the terrors that have arisen. Together, they combat the forces of the old and powerful vampire, Lothos, who has his eyes set on Buffy. Written by Vampire-Sharpshooter
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Buffy Summers has the lifestyle any young woman could want. Cheerleading, dating the captain of the basketball team, and copious amounts of time spent shopping with friends. She had no idea of her true calling until a mysterious man named Merrick approached her and told her that she is the Slayer; one woman called to defend the world from vampires. Reluctant to concede to the fact, Buffy soon learns that Merrick speaks the truth and so begins to take her new life seriously while trying to maintain the sense of normality her life had once been. With her best friends slowly abandoning her, Buffy finds solace in the town outcast, Pike, who knows very well the terrors that have arisen. Together, they combat the forces of the old and powerful vampire, Lothos, who has his eyes set on Buffy. Written by Vampire-Sharpshooter
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