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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"In every generation there is a chosen one... she alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer." Buffy Summers knows this tale by heart, and no matter how hard she tries to be just a "normal girl", she can not escape from her destiny... Thankfully, she is not alone in her quest to save the world, as she has the help of her friends, the hilarious (and surprisingly quite effective) evil-fighting team called "The Scooby Gang". Together, Buffy & co. will slay their demons, survive one apocalypse after another, attend high school and college... and above all, understand that growing up can truly be Hell sometimes... literally. Use this page to compare tone, genre fit (Action, Drama, Fantasy), first airing in 1997, and whether this series is worth starting now.

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Story of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"In every generation there is a chosen one... she alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer." Buffy Summers knows this tale by heart, and no matter how hard she tries to be just a "normal girl", she can not escape from her destiny... Thankfully, she is not alone in her quest to save the world, as she has the help of her friends, the hilarious (and surprisingly quite effective) evil-fighting team called "The Scooby Gang". Together, Buffy & co. will slay their demons, survive one apocalypse after another, attend high school and college... and above all, understand that growing up can truly be Hell sometimes... literally.

Use this page to compare tone, genre fit (Action, Drama, Fantasy), first airing in 1997, and whether this series is worth starting now.

Title facts

  • Type Series
  • Release year 1997
  • Released 10 Mar 1997
  • Runtime 44 minutes
  • Content rating TV-14
  • IMDb rating IMDb 8.3/10 from 172,659 votes
  • Genres Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
  • Languages English
  • Countries United States, Japan
  • Seasons 7 seasons

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan

Direction and writing

Written by: Joss Whedon

Awards and recognition

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 55 wins & 136 nominations total

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