BUFFY the VAMPIRE SLAYER (movie) * first time watching

[@awkwardashleigh]

hi yes helllooo - just wanted to remind you that I am forever grateful that you're here. not just "here" like subscribed or watching but here in the this world. Life gets hard and time get tough but look like you - KICKIN' A$$!!! thank you for being here. Take your meds. drinks your water! 👻SECRET PHRASE: I'm the chosen one!👻

[@jbwade5676]

Yay ❤

[@jrobwoo688]

I’m grateful that you are here!

[@phdnsa]

The movie and the series are very different. By the way, I’m the chosen one!

[@peperino25]

I recommend you +🔥 ★ *Cruel Intentions* (1999) _Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair_

[@davidthomas5562]

There’s a story going round, years back, that Josh Whedon wasn’t happy with what they did with the movie and in part that pushed him to set the record straight with the TV series.

[@jrobwoo688]

“I’m the chosen one!” R.I.P. Paul Reubens R.I.P. Luke Perry R.I.P. Donald Sutherland

[@roberthughes2402]

RIP Rutger Hauer.

[@freemansteinslab]

Also...R.I.P Alexis Arquette

[@mage1439]

@@freemansteinslab This one was particularly sad because of the circumstances.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

You forgot Rutger...RIP

[@jayintn71]

RIP Kristy Swanson’s career

[@ravenstromdans]

I love how Ashleigh's accent gets thicker the more dissatisfied with what she's watching she becomes.

[@vanessahuschke6690]

Funny fact: Sarah Michelle Gellar was in a dinner (or event) sitting next to Kiefer Sutherland. He asked her what she was working on and she said “a series called Buffy, the Vampire Slayer”. He looked at her funny and said: “my father was in that movie; they are making a series out of THAT?” Who would have known?…

[@julie_eva]

It was in an elevator at the studio, I believe, and he was really flippant, saying something along the lines of "Good luck with that!"

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

If my father was in this movie and I found out they were making a series out of it I would be incredulous as well. I would love to know what financial struggles he was going through or favor he was doing for Donald Sutherland to accept the role in this movie.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Wonder if both Kiefer's vampire, David, from Lost Boys, and Luke Perry's Pike had anything to do with the creation of James Marsters *Spike?*

[@UltimateGamerCC]

and it ended up being so well received that it spawned an Oll-shoot series in the same Universe.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@julie_evaIt's also funny that some of the writers on "Buffy" the TV show would later work on Kiefer's "24" series.

[@CrocodilePile]

I’m laughing because she didn’t make it to the after-credits scene where one arm Paul Reubens continues to die. My favorite scene. “We can do ANYTHING!” - “Oh yeah? Clap.”

[@KevinR1138]

She wouldn’t have found it funny.

[@katttmandoo]

I’m 40. This is my childhood. I was even watching horror at like age 5. I to this very day can recite that cheer WORD FOR WORD!!!

[@StardustandMadness]

Same here with the cheer. Even ‘worse’ (not sure if that’s the correct word here) - anytime I hear the word ‘goose’ in every day life, I start chanting it in my head 😂

[@doooshebag]

Pee wee Herman stole this movie for me. “You ruined my new jacket!… Kill him a lot.”😂

[@LordVolkov]

One of, if not THE, best vampire deaths ever 🤣🤣🤣

[@SirChaosS]

ow. oooh. ughhh. ahhh. owww. ...

[@vickipratt71]

Oh yeah? Clap!!

[@chrisbell9075]

😂😂 I was wondering myself if Ash knew that was Pee-Wee with long hair.. Oh, Ouch. Ahh. Uggh.😂😂 I had forgotten Hillary Swank was in this too! She musta wanted to learn kickboxing too--the following year she's in that awful 'The Next Karate Kid' movie. 🤣🤣

[@dnasty312]

AMILYN: I remember. _(lifts Pike)_ PIKE: Shit.

[@theevilbeard]

*sees Ben Affleck* Hey, that guy looks familiar! One of the friend group is Oscar winner Hilary Swank!

[@AFGeneralBillyMitchell]

@@theevilbeard but is she hot or not?

[@ajtooley]

Someone else has probably already mentioned this, but this movie boasts no fewer than THREE Oscar winners! Just goes to show that bad movies happen, but great careers can still follow.

[@kynsemallie]

Does she recognize that Dewey is one of Pike's friends.

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

@@kynsemallie She never recognizes David Arquette. She didn't in Muppets from Space either.

[@Maca494]

hahaha yeah!! i thought "well, isnt that Ben Affleck?" hahahahhahaa jeez, Ashleigh

[@Herefortheknow]

"How funky is your chicken.." has been my go to sing-song song FOREVER!

[@steffurness]

How loose is your goose? Our goose is totally loose ❤😂

[@chrisbell9075]

So come on all you Hog fans, And shake your caboose..🚂🚃🚃😂😂

[@andreadeamon6419]

My son and I will go around the house saying that cheer. He was born in 85

[@adrianonhilton]

The cramps Buffy thought was her getting her period was actually her detecting vampires.

[@losthor1zon]

They did something similar with "Highlander" except it had nothing to do with any part of the reproductive system, it was just a queasy feeling when another immortal is present. I guess that's why I didn't interpret it as all that strange in this film - it's something of a trope. It never occurred to me anyone would react to it the way Ashleigh did.

[@rtp5768]

Yeah it’s actually mythology from long ago. The movie didn’t come up with idea out the blue at all.

[@losthor1zon]

@@rtp5768 - Didn't realize that. Thanks.

[@Jessica_Roth]

Yes, Joss Whedon pretty much HATES this one. The director took the film away from him, wanted it to be nothing but a comedy, and Donald Sutherland changed all his lines. Given how little Joss liked what was done to his script, when Fox offered him the opportunity to do the series, it was merely as a courtesy. They never expected him to take them up on it, but he wanted to do it right. The mole was Joss's idea. So was the PMS, but the film showed him this was a bad mistake and it was discarded in favor of a general "vampire-sense" for the show. A few resonances in the series, so it's fun to see them. Pike killing Benny is like Xander slaying Jesse. The bit with Grueller is sort of referenced when Buffy and Xander have their convo in the tunnels. And of course everything Buffy goes through here (her friends are awful, but it still sucks that they die) is background for her bitter "Prepare me!" speech in the series premiere. (And her initial reluctance to open up to Giles is colored by her memories of Merrick's death, of course.) The best part of the movie script isn't in the film, of course. Allow me to quote: ******************************** LOTHOS It doesn't really matter. The names, the faces, they all melt together. After a time, there really is no difference. One more pathetic bitch, begging for me to suck on her clotted heart. MERRICK This one may surprise you. CLOSEUP - THE GUN Merrick holds it firm behind his back, finger on the trigger. LOTHOS I rather doubt it, if she was raised here. He laughs. He doesn't appear to have noticed the gun, but: LOTHOS (continuing) Where is she? I can't wait to meet her. Do you think she's ready to face me? Or perhaps you can stop me with that gun. MERRICK Perhaps. Merrick looks out at the trees nearby. MERRICK'S POV Buffy appears, far away, between the trees. Merrick looks at Lothos, afraid he will notice. ANGLE - BUFFY Approaching, stopping some twenty yards away. She looks about her for a weapon. LOTHOS Look at you. You pathetic thing. So small, so full of fury. After you've served me for a hundred years, I think you'll have a little more perspective. MERRICK I don't think so. Lothos rushes suddenly at Merrick, hissing, his feet just off the ground. Merrick steps back, whips out the GUN, and SHOOTS himself without hesitation in the head. Buffy's eyes go wide. ***************************** Ah, well. So it goes. Oh, and a couple of in-jokes in the series: When Angel meets Buffy in the premiere, he says "I thought you'd be taller", referencing that Kristy Swanson is 5'9" to SMG's 5'2". When the Master meets Buffy in "Nightmares", he says "So! This is the Slayer! You're prettier than the last one.", which is perhaps an uncharitable dig at Kristy. In the internet demon episode, Moloch scans Buffy's file in the school computer system. In two different shots, two different profiles are seen: one for Buffy as a senior (as in the film) and one for her as a sophomore (as in the series). When Buffy confers with the others in the second episode to explain vampires to Willow and Xander, they make a point of saying that vampires can NOT fly, to distance the show from the film. Anyhow, you've survived. On to Season 2! (BTW, did you not recognize David Arquette or Hillary Swank? Huh.)

[@whatseatontim918]

@@Jessica_Roth She didn't recognize Ricki Lake either! She played the barmaid when Pike and Benny ordered the hot dog. 😁

[@Madbandit77]

Sarah's 5'4".

[@Jessica_Roth]

@@Madbandit77 Probably not, since Alyson Hannigan is 5'4" and for the first three seasons there was a rule that Alyson always had to wear flats so that SMG (in heels) would appear to be the same height. (Willow first wears heels in 4.01 "The Freshman" and the height difference becomes notable.)

[@xerex21212]

Rewatching this makes me realize just how 80's the early 90s still was.

[@gumbyx84]

Lol 100%. I think that's why she doesn't like it

[@andreadeamon6419]

Best ending credits to ever be filmed

[@tjfrizzi5965]

Oh yeah. EVERY NEW decade has a lay over of the previous decade.

[@albertjimeno5315]

@tjfrizzi5965 Oh yes. I remember, it was a continuation in general

[@stephenolan5539]

The Wedding Singer was a 90's movie about the 80's. I think people that don't know that get confused about the movie.

[@roberthughes2402]

For more Rutger Hauer, watch Ladyhawke (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick). Also, The Blood of Heroes is a B Movie Classic.

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

And Blade Runner!

[@MsWaif]

I freaking LOVE Ladyhawke ❤

[@SamCarter-stp]

Also, Blind Fury. Loved that movie. For some reason.

[@BlackavarWD]

LADYHAWKE! love it ❤ (such a beautiful horse, too)

[@DJ_Mescalino]

Hobo with a shot gun is very underrated

[@beowulfthedane]

I realize you don't recognize them, but Luke Perry was a heartthrob from Beverly Hills 90210. Paul Rubens also in this film was better known as "Pee Wee Herman" and David Arquette was one of the repeating characters in the Scream movies, and he is the brother of Rosanna Arquette whom you saw in "The Whole 9 yards" and Patricia Arquette the starof the TV series "Medium". Also, this movie was always a parody. It came out before all the TV series like Buffy and Charmed and Supernatural. It was a Vampire movie where the killer is a High School Cheerleader. The TV series had the luxury of using what worked and leaving out what didn't.

[@ajivins1]

I quite liked 'Eight Legged Freaks' with Arquette.

[@scottmacmann8175]

"Kill him a lot" has been one of my go-to lines forever.

[@LewisZepher]

I think Ashleigh's thumbnail for this said everything

[@vesper180]

and her giant yawn about 15 mins in!😂

[@Gumblethebear]

You can safely assume that this movie is the prequel to the series. She loses a watcher, burns down a gym, has chaos happen in LA. The series ages her down a little so she can stay in high school, but is effectively what happens after this movie. The series treats the events of the movie as if they happened (loosely), and goes from there with what Whedon wanted to do originally.

[@PromptCriticalJello]

Think about like it's a made for tv movie 'based on actual events'. You can assume something happened, but almost none of it happened that way, it was just dramatized for a movie. As if Lifetime got the rights to the story, this is the movie they would make.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

It's basically what SG-1 did for Stargate

[@richardb6260]

​@bemasaberwyn55 except that Stargate is watchable.

[@sidrat2009]

She has a friend named Pike who isn't a vampire and then she meets a vampire named Spike, and they do look a bit similar in a way.

[@Henrik_Holst]

the original script of the movie is the prequel to the series, not this half assed movie that Joss walked out of in disgust.

[@mage1439]

"Anyways, here's Wonderwall." 🤣

[@anaihilator]

This movie was never meant to be seen as a serious movie. As someone else said, it was camp. It's coming from the perspective that the 80s was peak teen movie era. Like sure from the 90s on we have had a deluge of teen dramas on TV, but no decade tops teen movies like the 80s. We also had many iconic horror series start in the late 70s/80s. So I think the concept of this film is like a coming of age John Hughes movie..but it's also horror. Also culturally, Bram Stoker's Dracula( another movie you need to watch) really revamped the Vampire genre. It was a huge hit and there are subtle allusions to that movie in this one. So basically this is a film that is a product of its time in the world 90s: a teen dramedy that was a staple of the 80s plus a lowkey send up of Bram Stokers Dracula. BTVS was never meant to be a movie taken on its surface, it relies on the viewer knowing the cultural currency of the time and knowledge of past horror tropes. I'm not trying to change your mind, just giving some added perspective

[@mikeroman5208]

And that was definitely not what Joss Whedon intended or how he wrote the script

[@JHusisian]

Best line in the movie: “All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die.” 😎

[@stephenriggs8177]

That "funky chicken" cheer is real. Our cheerleader squad did it, too.

[@kflowers8276]

We would never do that cheer at home, but we did it a lot a cheer camp.😂

[@amariebloom]

Ours too! Then again I was the one that introduced it lol

[@DJKuroh]

It really shows the gap between younger Millenials and older ones. I was shocked that she was confused lol.

[@lowtechredneck6704]

My sister got pissed at me for teaching it to my nieces and nephews

[@CapFan80]

What you have to take into account is that this came out around the same time as movies like Bill and Ted and 90210 so the valley stereotypes were big. It has more of a cult following among Gen X and Millennials. Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman was hilarious as Lothos' lacky. The movie deviated from Joss Whedon's original vision and that's why he went on to make the series. Much like Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat, I'm the chosen one.

[@gnericgnome4214]

yeah, Whedon has some kind of sexual fetish about masculinized women, which really came out in "Firefly".

[@commonstragedy]

Don't forget Nicholas Cage's breakout film, Valley Girl!

[@ThreadBomb]

@@gnericgnome4214 Just like you have some kind of fetish for spamming the comments with your weird hateful attitude.

[@albertjimeno807]

Older-range Millennials & Gen X, yes indeed.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@gnericgnome4214 JW had a complicated relationship with his feminist mom.

[@thatguy1477]

Lmaooo I saw the thumbnail and was like OH NO

[@lilybubbles310]

Ashleigh's face in the thumb nail says it all.

[@Paineinyourblank]

Out of all of Ashley's movie reviews The Blair Witch Project is the only one of the only ones I haven't watched because I enjoy that movie and I know how much she disliked it. doesn't make me look forward to watching this one because I enjoy this movie a lot and thought she would as well

[@justinfalcon9887]

Its ok to hate this movie. Even Joss Whedon hates it. The studio took over and it strayed really far from his original screenplay. That is why he ended up creating the series, which is so damn superior on every level and only gets better each season.

[@Need2Pleaze]

I’m not surprised you didn’t like this movie. Definitely not one of my favorites, but it was good enough to get the tv show green lit. So that’s a big plus. The reason to watch the show first is exactly what you said. Many people might not watch the show after this. I chose to watch the show and am very glad I did. The reason to watch the movie first is because it is the origin story. The movie is freshman year in LA. The dance is in the high school gym. The show picks up at the new school in the new town at the start of sophomore year. You wanted to know how she burned down a gym at her old school. Now you know. There is some good lore/back story here. You just have to sit through the rest of it to get it. Before this, all the horror movies were about the monsters killing the prom queens/cheerleaders/popular girls. The basic concept here is what if you flip the script and the blonde victim becomes the super hero monster killer.

[@CaptainFrost32]

This was the movie that the studio screwed over Joss at every step. He left it. He worked hard to do the series his way. No one should confuse this as the origin for Buffy. The series was a redemption of what Joss wanted to make.

[@whatseatontim918]

This is the only Buffy I've ever known because this was the original. If it wasn't for the movie, there would be no series to come afterwards. 😌

[@ernesthakey3396]

True, because Whedon was really unhappy with how the movie came out...

[@thannaske5371]

The movie is SO MUCH better than that stupid TV show!

[@albertjimeno807]

@@thannaske5371 YES. The show took itself way too seriously.

[@ernesthakey3396]

@@thannaske5371 🤣🤣🤣 I actually enjoy the movie as a guilty pleasure, but love the show for tackling a lot of interesting issues and for character development etc. For me, the movie is like cotton candy - it is a lot of fun to eat and is very sweet, but there is little substance. The show is a full many course banquet with a number of soups and appetizers, a variety of salads, both meat and fish as well as other dishes as main courses, and a selection of desserts. A banquet may be too fancy for some, and take too long to finish, and nobody is going to love every dish, some they may not even like, but the meal leaves you sated.

[@thannaske5371]

@@ernesthakey3396 The movie is silly, sure, but the show was so serious & self-important, i.e, "Tackling the big issues." It pretended gravitas it never earned.

[@operationgoldfish8331]

I saw this movie in the cinema back when it first came out and it was an innovation at the time because it turned the pretty blonde victim trope back on itself. Sure, it was corny, but this was the era of corn and airheads. About six years later, I went to see a presentation from a film student about the differences between the Buffy movie and the series. One of the first things she pointed out was that Buffy and her mates were 'airheads' in the movie, while things had evolved by the series and I think she said that the series Buffy was a 'valley girl'. What I think has partly put you off is the airhead trope, which makes Buffy more like Cordelia than she is in the series. The parody thing is all the way through. It was made to be more whacky and less tongue in cheek than the series. Which is partly because Wheedon had yet to develop his style and partly because he didn't have directorial control and walked out about two thirds through filming. So, the cheesiness did increase a bit towards the end. Although, I would say that I think you're partly seeing the Buffy concept ramped up to eleven for a short movie and thinking that it's parodying 'Buffy' as you know it, but that Buffy didn't actually exist back then. Back in 1992, this was very innovative, and it made enough of an impression on me to want to watch the series when it first came out. Without Buffy, the airhead, there would never have been Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[@gumbyx84]

100%. You put it much better than I did. It's a generational thing. People. Born in the 80s grew up with stuff like "airheads" and "valley girls" as a joke in all media, from movies to cartoons. We had a book series called "Sweet Valley High" of crying out loud. While its "only" 30+ years ago, you need to watch these movies from that lens. Just like with many "classic" movies. "Gone with the Wind" comes to mind.

[@salvationsplace]

bingo

[@hackerx7329]

This is one of those movies that turned out like it did because of studio interference. It was supposed to have the same tone as the series did eventually but all kinds of goofiness got added making the movie memorable but in a worse way. See also stuff like the absolute disaster that was Highlander 2.

[@gnericgnome4214]

The movie was also made before the series contributed to the delusion of the "strong woman"; we didn't take that nonsense seriously... yet.

[@LA_HA]

​@@gnericgnome4214Well...that women could be superheroes aside from the usual Wonder Woman type

[@GooglesTrowels]

This woman has EARNED Buffy Season 2. She earned it.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Ashleigh's gonna love Season 2.

[@NathanClarkNateMan010276]

I hope she watches it now season 2 is when it gets good and this might have ruined it for her 😢

[@fu6817]

I can't believe she's even considering to not watch Season 2. I swallowed the whole series and Angel's one too like in one month.

[@spikesecho724]

Season 2 is only partially good, it's like 70% bleh

[@GrimmEdvan]

@@fu6817I actual can, there’s enough potential for land mines here. The series don’t stay the same like the Simpsons and neither does the Angle series. I could actually see a couple of seasons, that could trow her off. Season 5 and 6 are the worst candidats. Angle season 4 could also be a terrible miss.

[@msrainbowbrite]

We're immortal Buffy, we can do anything BUFFY: Yeah? clap

[@The_Curious_Cat]

"I would rather watch ET seven times with no breaks" But Ashleigh... That's dangerous, without brakes you will crash. 😅😂

[@Insaneian]

This movie isn't a parody, it's camp. It's meant to be over the top and goofy, and it's that way from the start with how the girls act and whatnot. That said, yeah, the menstrual stuff has aged super poorly, but so has Joss Wheadon (who wrote and directed this as well as the TV show). But Pee Wee Herman as the vampire that loses his arm is great! All that to say tho... I am the Chosen One!

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Ironically, Pee Wee Herman (AKA Paul Rubens), who was arrested for a sex crime at the time, comes off the best today among the ones you mentioned. EDIT: I keep getting replies defending Paul Rubens. To clarify, I wasn't attacking him. I was noting the irony that among the names mentioned, he was the one arrested for a sex crime despite it being a victimless crime that was a common act in those theaters at the time.

[@randyparker2134]

Whedon wrote the original script for the movie, but didn't direct it. Fran Rubel Kuzui did. Whedon didn't like what they did with the movie. Studio executives made major changes to the script and removed many of Whedon's jokes. Sutherland ad-libbed instead of following the script. Whedon walked out of his advisory role, he was so upset. The TV show was him fixing what he hated about the movie.

[@Insaneian]

I'm the chosen one...not "I am" whoops! 😅

[@Insaneian]

@@randyparker2134 ah, right! It's been so long I forgot that. Thank you!

[@mcgilj1]

I really liked David Arquette as well...

[@sporkwitch]

Technically the TV show picks up after the events of the movie. The expulsion mentioned at the start of season 1 is because of what happens at the dance in this movie lol

[@mage1439]

Eh, I'd say the show picks up after a different version of the movie's events. There is no way Buffy here is meant to be the same age as S1 Buffy.

[@gloriouslumi]

@@mage1439 This wasn't a time where the TV show spinoff of a movie had the same actors, or often exactly the same plot. TV spinoffs typically had entirely new casts and some changes to characters, taking what worked in the movie but leaving behind what didn't. These whole "alternate reality" stuff wasn't even a thing in those days, and you can't use the same lens to view them as you do today. The series was, in fact, the sequel, making many references to events that occurred in the movie. Just because the cast changes, plot points are dropped or reworked, and new characters are introduced doesn't change that.

[@mage1439]

Also, she burned down the gym in the show.

[@Gargess]

​@@mage1439I mean Joss Whedon was immensely unhappy with the final product of the movie, especially the overall tone. Buffy's age is a little nebulous in the movie while she transfers over to Sunnydale midterm as a 16 year old sophomore in the pilot.

[@Gargess]

@@mage1439 it was originally in the script that she burned down the school gym in the movie but the studio cut it for budget.

[@StevenJQuinlan]

You know, I think we finally broke Ashleigh. This movie is like a first draft of what the series would become. The slayer, the watcher, the buddy named after a fish (pike and xander) It's just a really rough first draft

[@williamscoggin1509]

It's still terrible

[@StevenJQuinlan]

​@@williamscoggin1509oh, no argument there. It is terrible, but you can at least see the glimmer of potential

[@Lensmaster1]

It's a good movie.

[@PromptCriticalJello]

There's a fish called a xander?

[@KimberMcC]

Merely a rough draft.

[@ashleyfanfic]

This is my mother’s favorite movie. We can both quote it from beginning to end.

[@michaelgordon3552]

Ashleigh is being a grumpy gus here. You really have to get into an early 90s mindset for this particular film to fully appreciate it. It's supposed to be silly, stupid, camp, over the top. This Buffy is a typical valley girl/airhead, but matures a little by the end. Also, a lot of the film's charm comes from the era specific casting.

[@ryanlemay6296]

"it's retro now" "Yeah. Retro" I quote this film ridiculously often

[@chrisleebowers]

It was never good, it's not even good camp. The show was an improvement in every possible way, even things that are supposed to be better on a movie budget like stunts and fight choreo just looked cheap and clumsy, whereas action on the show is still impresive. It's insane the amount of talent - legendary at the time and big names before they were famous - were all upstaged by Paul Reubens, without whom the whole thing would just be unwatchably boring.

[@cajah88]

I mean... even Joss thought the movie was poor (for various reasons). It has nothing to do with getting in a 90s mindset, lol. This "appreciation" for the film is a more recent thing.

[@NeilPro42]

No, her take is accurate

[@pdottie212fu]

She looks more tired than usual

[@Hogtownboy1]

This movie has one of my favourite lines Buffy: “ you threw a knife at me” Donald Sutherland”: And you caught it”

[@ghosturiel]

"It's all in the Reflexes." -Jack Burton

[@AjaofShanghai]

Followed very closely by Amilyn: We're Immortal, Buffy. We can do anything. Buffy: Oh yeah? CLAP! I don't know why this gets me giggling every time. But it does.

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@AjaofShanghai me to. This movie so channeled the Valley girl vibe be of clueless. So that Ash didn’t get the era.

[@AjaofShanghai]

@@Hogtownboy1 Yeah, kinda had to grow up with the genre to get that Buffy was poking fun at it.

[@tskwerl]

Paul Reubens is fantastic in this movie. That death scene is gold.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

IKR

[@trollnystan]

I think almost every "wtf" moment you had watching this can be answered with "it was the 90s" xD

[@JoeLion55]

We talked a LOT about cramps and PMS in the 90s for some reason…

[@mekkio77]

This movie is extremely 90's. Ashleigh going on and on about the yellow and my Gen X hide thinking, "The colors were just like that. A full blow Benneton ad."

[@EarnestEgregore]

@@mekkio77 maybe I'm just ninja turtle pilled but the yellow jacket is fire... giving strong April O'Neil vibes

[@DesiSJ]

That's fair, haha

[@brantleyjbrown]

Yes, this movie is definitely a product of it’s time lol

[@CanalesMB]

She was singing Morris Albert's "Feelings" from 1974. It was a huge hit.

[@jenjen4louise]

What you’re noticing is a complete lack of Joss Whedon in the film. He quit halfway through production because of all of the rewrites to his script. However, his dissatisfaction with the film is what lead to the series being made, so it worked out in the end. Not a fan of him as a person, but forever grateful for the creation of my favorite heroine. “I’m the chosen one.”

[@gorystorytime]

I'm a huge fan of the movie and the show. All the times in season 1 that they referred to the old school that she had had trouble in this was the stuff they were talking about. I said all of that to say this, I'm the chosen one!

[@williamscoggin1509]

This movie sucked balls

[@isabeljimenez6067]

The series was brilliant. The movie, horrible.

[@andreadeamon6419]

As an older person and their age in the movie - I'll stick with the movie. Makes us laugh and reminds me of so many that tried to be like the California valley girls - but because we're in Ohio they were months behind them. I'd laugh at them all the time. Even a close friend tried it and then I showed her mtv that it wasn't like that anymore - all she said was - 💩. Went home - changed her clothes. I still laugh when I think about it

[@LA_HA]

​@@andreadeamon6419I like this movie, too. I used to watch it every time it came on cable

[@deebeedaydreamer]

This isn't quite Clueless levels of "this is so over-the-top 90s it's like something we'd make *now* to poke fun at the 90s" but it feels like it's up there. And I'm the chosen one!

[@nimblehealer199]

The vampire who lost his arm was played by Paul Ruebens.

[@CoastalNomad]

RIP Pee Wee Herman......

[@TxSonofLiberty]

@@CoastalNomad No, live forever, never dying Amilyn!!! Best NOT DEAD YET dying scene ever!!!

[@matthewfike4491]

I remember Paul Reubens from his most important role: a waiter in The Blues Brothers.

[@CoastalNomad]

@@matthewfike4491 Another Important Role was Mr Cobblepot in "Batman Returns"....

[@markwilliams6394]

I knew him from the Cheech and Chong movies.

[@lathormayfair4072]

I'm the chosen one! Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie came out in 1992, the series started in 1997. Longest 5 years ever.

[@Cuphes]

If you want a more accurate version of what Joss Whedon wanted from his film script, Dark Horse Comics adapted it: “Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: The Origin”. Dark Horse Comics also continued it with “Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: Viva Las Buffy!” in between Los Angeles and Sunndydale. Pike returns (more in tune with the comics version) in the novel “Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: Sins of the Father”, which is best read after the 3rd season.

[@bryonhill5486]

I love the fact you aren't afraid to say that you didn't like this movie. The honesty is refreshing.

[@stephenolan5539]

She had the guts to say she didn't like The Godfather.

[@brandonchristopher2493]

Love the channel. It’s funny how you’re taking this movie more seriously than the actual movie takes itself.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Lot of popular stars in this movie who have passed. First Luke Perry, then Paul Reubens, and finally, Donald Sutherland. 😢RIP to all three of you. 😔😔😔. Also, the great Rutger Hauer. "🥺All those... 😣😮‍💨Moments will be lost in time. 😌Like... 🥲tears in 🌧rain." ~ Blade Runner

[@zvimur]

Not that or LadyHawke or even Flesh+Blood in her list.

[@jefferyalberter9922]

@@zvimurThe Hitcher too.

[@blackkatt777]

Wait. I didn't know Paul is gone too. Wow!

[@TxSonofLiberty]

@@blackkatt777 July 30th of 2023.

[@iChristyD]

@@zvimurI love love love Flesh+Blood!!

[@PixelsAtDawn]

I think the key thing with this film is you need to see it so you can join the rest of us in saying "Thank god they went a different direction with the series." I don't know a single person that likes this.

[@shawnskelton4736]

"What High School allows this kind of PDA?? She's basically getting pregnant!" I've never laughed harder 😂😂😂😂

[@Jessethegoodwitch]

It was a different time

[@joescott778]

That was the 90's baby.

[@k5sss]

Welcome to the 90s. My HS had its own day care so all the girls who got pregnant didn’t have to drop out.

[@gerstelb]

2:41 Hilary Swank 5:12 Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood, who would be in at least two other vampire movies : “Modern Vampires” and “Vampires: Los Muertos”. 18:08 Ben Affleck as #10 24:42 C’mon, didn’t you get the Cowardly Lion reference here? 24:52 You got this one, though. One of the ironic things about this movie is that when Anne Rice wrote _The Vampire Lestat_, the actor she had in mind to play him was Rutger Hauer, but by the time they got around to making a movie adaptation of her books, he was too old to play the role. 27:54 You’re very much right about this movie vs. the series. Schmuck that he turned out to be, Joss Whedon was at least a better writer than the people who messed with his original script - and he supposedly carried a grudge against Donald Sutherland for years about him ignoring the script and inserting his own ad-libs. Ironically, for years Joss Whedon was considered something of a feminist for turning the “damsel in distress” trope on its head to create Buffy. She’s not the first “girl power” girl, but she was a pop icon in the late 90s. Unfortunately, he turned out to be a rotten SOB in private.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I loved that she saw Ben Affleck and said "He looks familiar."

[@mayukurasaka5344]

I was waiting for someone to mention Lestat. I was a huge fan of Anne Rice's books as a teen and specifically saw this movie when it came out just to see Rutger Hauer as a vampire.

[@whatseatontim918]

You forgot Ricki Lake is in this film briefly too, seeing as Ashleigh watched Hairspray recently. 😁

[@Mokkari77]

Joss Whedon would later say Donald Sutherland was rude. I learned later he meant Sutherland would ad lib his lines instead of saying Whedon's dialogue!

[@FlyinMunky]

Yeah, I don't know if Whedon ever learned the same lesson that Dan Harmon did, which is that what you wrote isn't always what's best for the character at that time. Sometimes the actor just gets more in tuned with the character and the writer just needs to focus on the story as a whole.

[@mage1439]

This made me dislike DS for a long time until I found out what an ass JW is.

[@mekkio77]

Whedon, in general, has no love for actors. He has a core group that he likes that he keeps on hiring because they take his script and stick to it. He doesn't want actor input. He doesn't want actors to adlib without permission. His mindset is that he worked really hard on the script. Why would he want a non-writer to go, "Nah, I know these characters better than you do. So, I am ignoring your words for my own." Some directors are fine with working with actors and allowing them to adlib. James Gunn loves to hear input from his cast to help him round out his characters. But some do not. And some are in the middle. Like Edgar Wright doesn't want his actors to improv because his script writing is so tight and every sentence will come into play later. But at the same time, he wants to hear from the actors on what they think about a scene and how they can make it better.

[@gloriouslumi]

@@mekkio77 There are people, like Tarantino, who are extremely deliberate with their writing, and need the words said as he wrote them. But.... Joss Whedon is a toxic douche and he can eat a dick.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Ironic, Whedon calling others rude, considering his behavior behind the scenes towards Ray Fisher and Gal Gadot during his cut of Justice League. Also, during his work on his Buffy tv show and Firefly. Seriously, what the Hell happened to the guy? He was like the king of late 90s/early 2000s tv shows, and then he later devolved into such a d-bag.

[@EarnestEgregore]

This movie is such a great classic vampire movie... The part where the friend is floating at the window is both funny and genuinely creepy. It really rides the comedy-horror line perfectly.

[@andreadeamon6419]

Good ol David arquette. He's great. Love his movie "see spot run"

[@mayukurasaka5344]

"I'm hungry!" "You're floating!"

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

That scene always reminds me of Salem's Lot.

[@EarnestEgregore]

@@ItDoesntMatterReally 100%

[@albertjimeno807]

Yes there are really creepy scenes. Another one that really gets under my skin is when Buffy lies down over Lothos, hugs her teddy bear and wraps Lotho's arm over her. A great creepy horror scene.

[@CHlNY]

I can’t help thinking about a glowing Bruce Leroy when I see “I’m the chosen one” - must be childhood trauma

[@floydlooney6837]

Has she reviewed that movie? I want to see her reaction

[@CHlNY]

@@floydlooney6837 I don’t think so, if she has I haven’t watched the reaction

[@erikarobinson2921]

“This is a movie that exists” lol had me rolling I’m the chosen one!

[@Gargess]

My sister and i loved this movie when we were kids ESPECIALLY Paul Reubens. Greatest screen death ever. I'M THE CHOSEN ONE!

[@matthewandrews3036]

Always thought that minion vampire taking forever to die was hilarious. watched this sometimes as a kid and always thought it was a funny horror comedy.

[@teksnotdead902]

The way he gets back up and looks at Buffy with the side eye always had me rolling.

[@holi117]

Honestly its the thing i hate the most about this movie 😂

[@ArtByDesign80]

3:17 “No..that is very bright yellow!” (While wearing a bright yellow sweatshirt LOL)

[@katttmandoo]

It’s my understanding that the original creator of this movie, the writer, DID NOT intend for it to come off as any sort of comedy. It is my understanding the directors and producers butchered how it was originally supposed to be.

[@kosh6612]

I was shocked that this got a series when it was announced. It took me a loooong time to give the series a chance, but so happy I did. This stands as a rare example of a series completely outdoing it's original movie.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

Consider 1989's "Little Monsters" for one of the Wednesday Halloween shows.

[@DanielRichards644]

I used to get that movie from the video store when i was a kid every year when we went on summer vacation.

[@EarnestEgregore]

I friggin love that movie... literally just bought it on blu ray so I could show my son for Halloween!

[@andreadeamon6419]

Love Howie and Fred together

[@Dracojax]

My OH still watches this movie about once a month and he's in his 40's now 😂

[@andreadeamon6419]

@@Dracojax my son was born in 85. We still watch and discuss these old movies when we're together

[@thinkbolt]

I'm starting a fundraiser for Ashleigh's "E.T. Seven Times in a Row with No Breaks" marathon.

[@geneinkc]

This reaction is hilarious. 😂 I gotta say, when they first announced that there would be a Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show, people thought it was gonna be terrible, because the only thing they had to go on was the movie. The show had a big hurdle to overcome because of it.

[@richard_n]

This is one of those cases where the TV series ended up being much better than the movie it was based on. The movie wasn't so bad when it came out, but it hasn't aged well at all as you can see.

[@Henrik_Holst]

Joss Whedon walked off the production after getting disgusted on the direction the director and producers took his original script. That is how much the creator of the tv show likes this train wreck.

[@marennicholson5444]

RIP Luke Perry. My heart is still broken

[@lpeterson2336]

Same. I was working on Riverdale at the time. So hard to believe.

[@adamsgrad93]

The movie predates the show, and I'm so glad you're watching it!

[@Highice007]

The legendary Dutch actor Rutger Hauer plays Lothos. He was great in Blade Runner, and The Hitcher. "I'm the Chosen One"

[@Varg235]

I always get angry when it comes to "Buffy" and someone tells me "Yeah.. the series was awesome" and I'm like "F*ck the series.. the movie is the real sh*t". Thx to my favourite online NN-ginger for reacting to that ^^ I like to imagine that I became a professional shoemaker because of the warden who wanted to be a shoemaker

[@thorthorson9926]

This movie came out several years before the series. The film was billed as a comedy.

[@dogstar75]

Its kinda hard to believe that one of buffy's friend actually won an Oscar a few years later.

[@msmilder25]

FYI Sarah Michelle Gellar was 15 when this movie came out, that was the last year she acted as a "child actress" which she had been doing since a 1981 Burger King commercial when she was 4 years old. She had NO film or TV roles in 1993-1996 (thank you IMDB) and returned as a 20-year old "adult actress" in 1997 with multiple films, including Scream 2 and I Know What You Did Last Summer as well as the TV series based on this film.

[@katya2032]

She was winning an Emmy on All My Children between 1993 and 1995, it shows up higher on her IMDB because she guested on its last week in 2011. She played Kendall, Erica Kane's daughter.

[@SuperDoNotWant]

You forced me to look up what year Swans Crossing was out. 1992. I am ooooold.

[@kflowers8276]

​@@SuperDoNotWant 😂 Swan's Crossing prepared SMG for AMC.

[@fr9811]

The movie is a campy comedy. It's not meant to be a serious horror movie. Joss wrote it in response to like watching the blond girl who always seemed to die first or in the dark alley. It was also a lot different before it went into production. It was a bit more like the show (in terms of comedy, action, and heart) but the studio didn't quite get it, so he was met with a bunch of road blocks/people meddling. It was always meant to be a roast on southern California culture, so you picked up on that, and the period/cramps bit was meant to tie the "Slayer" aspect to womanhood more, but again, it was 1992 so times were different and even he admitted it was a wild choice. A lot of the questionable choices came from the director (who wasn't Joss) and the studio executives butcher/cutting up/making massive changes so it become much more of a joke than what it was intended, but the original producer/joss go together to turn it into a TV show and present in the way he had envisioned it, so many of the elements of the show are there but executed properly (so, the basic storyline became the background of the show. Buffy being from L.A., getting chosen by Merrick, and a massive vampire attack during a dance that ultimately gets her kicked out of school). Fun fact, the guy in red you were talking about? Ben Affleck. And one of Buffy's friends would eventually become a winner of an Oscar (Hilary Swank). Seth Green was also in this movie who later shows up in the TV show! He played the nerd who turned the basketball player into a vampire, but he got cut.

[@albertjimeno807]

Sigh. THE VALLEY. Not all of Southern California by any means.

[@TheTherealace85]

I’m going to use “Oh great heavens!” as a drinking game.

[@HuntingViolets]

Stephen Root, who plays the principal, has had an incredible career in significant supporting roles -- _Get Out, Barry, True Blood_ -- just a long list.

[@sebastianemond5313]

18:07 - 18:12 *AFFLECK!* 🤔😅Hard to believe that kid who would go on to play Batman started here.

[@mcgilj1]

Two Oscar winners in this film.. And deputy Dewey too.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, too.

[@mage1439]

You know, there's an afterschool special here on YT you can watch where he plays a football player who goes wild after starting to take steroids. It's the basis of the Up the Down Steroid episode of South Park. He is so young there.

[@michaelleoanrd194]

Seth Green is somewhere in the vampire horde too.

[@dnasty312]

​@@sebastianemond5313and _Boys Don't Cry_

[@drakocarrion]

18:06 He ought to look familiar. He's Ben Affleck.

[@pondersong5525]

Consider the TV show a remake of the movie. Don't be surprised when elements between the two contradict each other. Joss Whedon definitely considered his TV series as a "do over," with more control over the scripts.

[@The22ndDoctor]

I always considered this movie Simone's (from Ferris) explaining the real events that happened to TV Buffy, and so imagines herself as the hero, and includes 90s Icons in important roles (90210 as her boyfriend, the Hitcher as the villain)

[@gaynor1721]

I said exactly the same thing as Ashleigh when she was watching the TV show. I said if Ashleigh had watched the movie first, she would never have given the TV show a chance, so I'm glad she didn't. I also said you can't judge the TV show based on the movie, but you could judge the movie based on the TV show and that's what Ashleigh did. That being said, the movie came first and wasn't a success (no surprise there), so Joss Whedon thought again and made the TV show darker, more serious, even more terrifying and I'm glad he did. I like the way the vampires turn to dust in the TV show when Buffy drives a stake through their hearts. Also Ashleigh now knows Buffy's backstory and why she was expelled from her previous school. Believe me, Ashleigh, the TV show gets even better than the first season, so I look forward to you continuing with the show after Hallowbeans and hopefully Sarah Michelle Gellar can help put this movie out of your mind for good.

[@coreyhamby2989]

Not going to lie. But the tv show is crap too.

[@gaynor1721]

@@coreyhamby2989 You're entitled to your opinion. Perhaps you are one of those people who wanted Ashleigh to watch the movie first to put her off.

[@Theou_Aegis]

When it was all said and done, SMG gets to boast, "I'm the chosen one." But when I see Kristy, I still think, "That's Buffy." Glad you suffered through it fir us. 😂

[@RosieIfYouKnowMe]

I love you, and I kind of love hearing that you hated it. Other reactors have tried being polite about it but you could tell they didn't want to be offensive and you're just genuine, which makes it okay that you didn't like it. I really liked it when I was young and I actually had a mole on my chest and lived in California so I thought I might be a chosen one. Anyways, maybe I'm the chosen one!

[@joecarr5412]

Buffy was also Simone on Ferris Buellers Day Off-( after Bueller...Bueller..) "Um,My Best Friends Sister's Boyfriend's Brother....etc...😁😁😁

[@andreadeamon6419]

You know she can still say that line with no screw ups 😊

[@chuckwilson4186]

Good catch

[@MovieMaiden]

She's also the Duckette in pretty in pink

[@Snarkerella]

This is the first time I've watched this since the passing of Luke Perry, Paul Reubens, and now Donald Sutherland. I can't believe they passed so close in time to one another. This is a classic 90s movie and just over-all silly and fun. Lots of throwback scenes are used here even now and quotes.

[@andreadeamon6419]

Don't forget the main vampire. Rutger howser or something like that.

[@lewsmith9708]

@@andreadeamon6419 Hauer

[@panowa8319]

Rutger Hauer, who plays Lothos, the head vampire, one of his earlier breakout roles, was in "Blade Runner" (1982) with Harrison Ford. Once an A-list actor, then went down to direct-to-video B movies.

[@thesaltnation5570]

We need more bond! U gotta see all the actors ur missing out! ❤

[@noteasybeingweezy]

This is what started it all. Love this movie. It is peak 90's. Dare i say more peak 90's than Clueless.

[@williamscoggin1509]

Too much cocaine in Hollywood. 🫤

[@albertjimeno807]

Clueless pretty much paved the way for what would become the late-'90s (influential). For what most of the '90s were actually like, yes, it was like in Buffy movie.

[@nessaarandur7740]

The vampire sidekick who dies so over the top is Peewee Herman!

[@andreadeamon6419]

Love paul. 80s and 90s wouldn't have been the same without him. RIP

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Starting the reaction now and already see your face in the Thumbnail. Please keep in mind that this was prior to the TV, so this is all we had at the time. Also, Paul Ruebens to this day, has THE greatest death scene in cinema history in this movie. *I am the chosen one*

[@andreadeamon6419]

My son will still do this. His new wife just looks at us laughing our butts like we've lost our minds. Told him to get busy - show her the movie. Even the kids can watch it

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Definitely a movie I'll never watch again, but knowing what the franchise becomes, it makes it special.

[@sandy-ke1kr]

You wouldn't have the Buffy the Vampire series without the movie. So, at least you can appreciate that.

[@AliciapTexas]

You have to know this movie came out 5 years before the series started. I thought it did pretty fair myself. I still watch it once in awhile ~ every 6 -7 months.

[@Xonslaught1]

Buffy didn't know where El Salvador was, but knew a pike was a type of fish? The only saving grace is Paul Reubens, and some of the songs. I'm the chosen one!

[@alatide6662]

Just think of all the cameos…Dewey from Scream, Milton from Office Space, Dylan from 90210.

[@RelativeReality7]

That's not how cameos work

[@TheWezoid]

I miss Rutger Hauer. Incredible man. I'm the chosen one!

[@ravendebonair]

I love the honesty and blatant feelings about this one. For me, it came out when this style of films were at it's peak with the "valley girl" persona, "wait your turn" fights, and many campy movies more of a rom/com. I actually enjoyed it when it came out and for a long time since this was my teens and there were seniors in my high school just like those and just as annoying. LOL Still, it's not one for everyone and I like that you still give nice comments and praise during the movies you don't like.

[@ProHero86]

The movie is cannon to the Tv show, in the show Buffy moves to Sunnydale after burning down her highschool gymnasium at the end of this movie she burns it down.

[@williamscoggin1509]

Canon...? Speak normal English please.

[@hardybryan]

She's a senior in the movie and a Sophomore in the show. Also, the lore behind the slayer is severely altered. It's not canon, it's just a connection to the movie they wrote in.

[@ProHero86]

@@hardybryan Whedon literally said it was a continuation of the movie for a modern audience..

[@michaelleoanrd194]

​@@ProHero86he retconned a bunch of stuff in the movie though. It's semi-canon.

[@wolfofthewest8019]

It's *_very_* soft canon. The very broad strokes -- Buffy lived in LA, her first watcher died, she burned down her highschool -- are canonical, but none of the specific details are ever established in canon and many are retconned.

[@shesemerald2011]

This movie walked so the show could run.

[@deadNightwatchman]

*limped, stumbled, crept

[@RelativeReality7]

​@@deadNightwatchmanhobbled drunkenly with one shoe missing

[@Deathmvp1]

The best thing about this movie is it showed how much Buffy changed in the show. It also make Cordila more relent as she was what Buffy was in this movie to start. I'm the chosen one!

[@4703857]

I saw this movie as a freshman in High School... and totally loved it! Some of us knew girls like Buffy's group, but when you get the chance to get to know them, some of em are real badasses with a complicated history! also, thank goodness for this movie or we wouldn't have the awesome series!!

[@Vintage_Izy]

The TV series was what Joss wanted it to be but when they went to make it a movie, the studio execs wanted this, so this is what we got. It’s considered canon to a point in that Merrick was her first watcher and Lothos was her first big bad. When he optioned it for a tv series, Joss presented his original plan and we got the series.