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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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*Buffy the Vampire Slayer* is a 1992 American action comedy and vampire film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and written by Joss Whedon. The cast includes Hilary Swank, Rutger Hauer, and Kristy Swanson. Produced by Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox, and Sandollar Productions, the movie was distributed by 20th Century Studios. It is set in Los Angeles and takes place within the Buffyverse.
The film has a runtime of 82 to 86 minutes and was released on July 24, 1992. With a production budget of 7,000,000, it generated box office revenue of 16,624,456. The original language is English, and Carter Burwell served as the composer. Various platforms have assigned it ratings including 5.7, 5.621, and 4.4/10.
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Film · TMDB
5.6Blonde, 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.
Cast
- Kristy Swanson as Buffy Summers
- Donald Sutherland as Merrick Jamison-Smythe
- Paul Reubens as Amilyn
- Rutger Hauer as Lothos
- Luke Perry as Oliver Pike
- Hilary Swank as Kimberly Hannah
Themes
- high school
- vampire
- cheerleader
- dating
- fashion
- unlikely friendship
- valley girl
- duringcreditsstinger
- woman director
- teenage mortality
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Fran Rubel Kuzui
- Written by
- Joss Whedon
- Produced by
- Howard Rosenman Kaz Kuzui
- Starring
- Kristy Swanson Donald Sutherland Paul Reubens Rutger Hauer Luke Perry
- Cinematography
- James Hayman
- Edited by
- Jill Savitt
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production companies
- Sandollar Productions Kuzui Enterprises
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- July 31, 1992 ( 1992-07-31 )
- Running time
- 86 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $16.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Director
- Fran Rubel Kuzui
- Screenwriter
- Joss Whedon
- Cast member
- Sasha Jenson
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Cinematographer
- James Hayman
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 640487
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- publication date
- 1992-01-01
- takes place in fictional universe
- Buffyverse
- title
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- derivative work
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- capital cost
- 7000000
- box office
- 16624456
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 48/100
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Encyclopedic overview
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; the film also features Hilary Swank in her debut role as one of Buffy's friends.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was released by 20th Century Fox on July 31, 1992. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $16.6 million on a $7 million budget. It also took a different direction from what Whedon intended, leading him to create a television series of the same name with his original plan to critical acclaim.
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