Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Name: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Released: 1992
Duration: 86 min

"She knows a sucker when she sees one."

ThumbScore

👍 79%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 42% (RT: 36%, MC: 48)

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Director

Fran Rubel Kuzui

Runtime

1h 26m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

5.6/10 (893 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

36%

Metacritic

Cast

Kristy Swanson as Buffy Summers · 70% avg

Donald Sutherland as Merrick Jamison-Smythe · 73% avg

Paul Reubens as Amilyn · 74% avg

Rutger Hauer as Lothos · 75% avg

Luke Perry as Oliver Pike

Hilary Swank as Kimberly Hannah · 71% avg

Michele Abrams as Jennifer

David Arquette as Benny · 73% avg

Is Buffy the Vampire Slayer good?

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 42%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#701 / 1971 · Action

Rank in its year

#48 / 74 · 1992

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. Wikipedia ↗