Product Description

INTO EACH GENERATION A SLAYER IS BORN. Now you can own the entire first season of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. All 12 classic episodes are available for the first time in this exclusive 3-disc collector’s edition. From "Welcome to the Hellmouth," "The Harvest" and "Angel" to "Nightmares," "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" and "Prophecy Girl," these Season One episodes are a must for every true Buffy fan.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5447 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-01-15
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 576 minutes

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Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) looks like your typical perky high-schooler, and like most, she has her secret fears and anxieties. However, while most teens are worrying about their next date, their next zit, or their next term paper, Buffy's angsting over the next vampire she has to slay. See, Buffy, a young woman with superhuman strength, is the "chosen one," and she must help rid the world of evil, namely by staking demons. The exceptional first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer introduces us to the treacherous world of Sunnydale High School (where Buffy moved after torching her previous high school's gym). The characters there include "watcher" Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) and the original "Scooby Gang" members--friendly geek Xander (Nicholas Brendon), computer whiz Willow (Alyson Hannigan), and snobbish popular girl Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter)--who aid Buffy in her quest. Those used to the darker tone that Buffy took in its later seasons will be surprised by the lighter feeling these first 12 episodes have--it's kind of like Buffy 90210 as the cast grapples with regular teen problems in addition to saving the world from demonic darkness. Fans of the show will enjoy the crisp writing, the phenomenal chemistry of the cast (already well-established within the first few episodes), and the introduction to characters that would stay for many seasons, including moody vampire Angel (David Boreanaz). Through it all, Gellar carries the series with amazing confidence, whether conveying the despair of high school or dispatching various demons--she's one of TV's most distinctive and strongest heroines. --Mark Englehart

Customer Reviews

Buffy and Slim Set: what could be better?
It probably goes without saying that anyone buying a Buffy DVD has a quirky sense of humor, and a love of adventure tales. For me, it was one of the best tv series ever created and had the best final episode of any show.

What i want to mention are the slim set packs. They are marvelous. Not only do they take up less room and use fewer resources, but they prevent the DVDs from sliding around much if they become dislodged in shipping so they don't get scratched. I love DVDs but it is annoying that the larger packaging provides no protection for sliding DVDs, so I have to figure that someone associated with Buffy made yet another great choice, this one not about scripting, casting, or action choreography, but about the mundane but so important aspect of how to box the DVDs.

Classic Buffy!!
This was an awesome start to the Buffy series. Some of the coolest episodes were in this season... like the one with the invisible girl, and when Willow starts talking to a boy on the internet, only to find that he was a demon.
This is the start to a series that gets better with age.

First season of Buffy sets the stage
It's Buffy -- what more can I say? If you have seen (and liked) the later episodes of the show and want some background on where the complex characters and storylines originated, buy this for sure. You won't be disappointed as long as you can deal with a bit of cheese with your vampire viewing.