It stars Kristy Swanson as the eponymous Buffy Summers, a Valley Girl cheerleader who learns it is her fate to hunt vampires.
[3][4][5] It also took a different direction from what Whedon intended, leading him to create a television series of the same name to critical acclaim.
Additionally, Buffy is exhibiting abilities not known to her, including heightened agility, senses, and endurance; yet she repeatedly tries Merrick's patience with her frivolous nature, indifference to slaying, and sharp-tongued remarks.
Pike kills Benny with high voltage of electricity after they fight, while Buffy confronts Amilyn and Lothos in the school's basement.
Writer Whedon sold the film to country singer Dolly Parton's production company, Sandollar, in the fall of 1991.
[8] Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking.
[9] Sutherland had a penchant for improvising or altering his lines in the script, which director Rubel Kuzui allowed him to do freely because he was the film's most high-profile star.
[12] The film debuted at #5 at the North American box office[13] and eventually grossed $16,624,456 against a $7 million production budget.
The consensus reads, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer's supernatural coming of age tale is let down by poor directing and even poorer plotting -- though Kristy Swanson and Paul Reubens' game performances still manage to slay.
The film was taken in a different direction from what one of its writers Joss Whedon intended, and five years later, he created the darker and acclaimed TV series of the same name.
The film does portray who the Buffy of the TV series was before she learned of her destiny as the Slayer: a popular but selfish and superficial cheerleader.
Joss Whedon has expressed his dissatisfaction with the film's interpretation of the script,[14] stating, "I finally sat down and had written it and somebody had made it into a movie, and I felt like — well, that's not quite her.
"[14] Other songs featured in the film but not the soundtrack album include: "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M., "In the Wind" by War Babies, and "Inner Mind" by Eon.
[citation needed] The idea of the remake caused wrath among fans of the TV series, since Whedon was not involved.
Not only the fandom, but the main cast members of both the Buffy and Angel series expressed disagreement with the report on Twitter and in recent interviews.
"[19] Proposed shooting locations included Black Wood and other areas in rural England, due to budgetary constraints and the potential setting being outside of the city, an unusual change for the franchise.
"[20] As of July 2018, Joss Whedon announced at San Diego Comic-Con that he was working on a sequel of the TV series and that it might feature a slayer of color.