Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American comedy horror vampire film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and written by Joss Whedon. It stars Kristy Swanson as the eponymous Buffy Summers, a Valley Girl cheerleader who learns it is her fate to hunt vampires. Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer and Luke Perry appear in supporting roles, this is also the film debut of Hilary Swank.
Plot
Buffy Summers is a cheerleader at Hemery High School in Los Angeles. Her main concerns are shopping and spending time with her rich, snooty friends and her boyfriend, Jeffrey. While at the mall one day, she is approached by a man who calls himself Merrick. He informs her that she is The Slayer, or Chosen One, destined to kill vampires and his duty as her "Watcher" is to guide and train her. Buffy initially rejects his claim, calls him homeless, and leaves.
More details
| author | Joss Whedon |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Fran Rubel Kuzui |
| editor | Jill Savitt |
| genre | action comedy fantasy horror |
| keywords | answering machine attack buffy summers cheerlead cheerleader chosen one drink dump help kill kill vampire merrick recurring dream school dance shop slay slayer vampire hunter |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell |
| producer | Howard Rosenman Kaz Kuzui |
| productionCompany | Kuzui Enterprises Sandollar Productions |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | action comedy black comedy comedy horror feminist high school monster movie teen horror vampire |