Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A young female makes the decision to devote her life to fight all types of supernatural beings that threaten everyone and the world. Along the way, her friends and family do their best to support her personal life as she fights to protect everyone and the world.
Callum reviewed
October 23, 2025•
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (out of 5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer – High school, heartbreak, and hellmouths: saving the world before curfew.
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is the show that proved you can stake vampires, balance algebra, and still find time for witty one-liners. Long before True Blood turned vampirism into brooding adult drama, Buffy was already mixing mythology, teenage angst, and monster metaphors into one sharp, surprisingly emotional package.
It’s a lighter, quippier take on the supernatural — the kind of show where the apocalypse is scheduled conveniently around prom night. The mythology runs deep enough to be interesting without ever smothering the fun, and the writing keeps a perfect rhythm between camp, courage, and heartbreak.
Where True Blood is all sultry Southern gothic — a smoky bar full of eternal lust and moral decay — Buffy feels more like Saved by the Bell meets Blade. One’s drenched in passion and plasma; the other is polishing its stake and cracking a joke about gym class. Both hunt vampires, but only Buffy remembers to do her homework afterward.
It’s a show with heart, humour, and just enough darkness to keep it grounded — a perfect blend of coming-of-age and coming-for-your-neck. Decades later, it still sparkles (just… not in the Twilight way).