Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fran Rubel Kuzui
Written by	Joss Whedon
Produced by	Howard Rosenman; Kaz Kuzui
Starring	Kristy Swanson; Luke Perry; Rutger Hauer; Paul Reubens; Hilary Swank; Donald Sutherland;
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;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$7 million[citation needed]
Box office	$16.6 million

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American comedy vampire film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and starring Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Hilary Swank, and David Arquette. It follows a Valley Girl cheerleader named Buffy who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires.^[2] It was a moderate success at the box office,^[3] but received mixed reception from critics.^[4]^[5] The film took a different direction from that which its writer, Joss Whedon, intended. Five years later, he created the darker and critically acclaimed television series of the same name.

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^ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
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