“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. It was written by Richie Tankersley Cusick in adaptation of Joss Whedon’s screenplay.
Synopsis
The fourth teenage girl in L.A. has disappeared in less than two months! But Buffy’s oblivious. She’s brainstorming a theme for the senior dance. One nightmare later, she meets a stranger named Merrick who tells her she bears the mark of the order: only she — the Pom-Pom Princess of California cheerleaders — can stop the vampires before they engulf L.A. They’re everywhere… she can’t even trust her best friends! Merrick has brought her knowledge, physical and mental powers beyond her wildest dreams, and a terrifying enemy: Lothos, King of the Vampires, who is determined to have Buffy for himself! All she has are a stake, a cross and a mission: destroy the evil — even if it takes her own life!
Appearances
- Buffy Summers
- Merrick Jamison-Smythe
- Amilyn
- Lothos
- Oliver Pike
- Joyce Summers
- Hank Summers
- Jennifer Walkens
- Kimberly Hannah
- Nicole Bobbittson
- Benny Jacks
- Jeffrey Kramer
- Andy
- Grueller
- Gary Murray
- Cassandra
- Robert Berman
Behind the scenes
Production
- Instead of the final movie itself, Cusick based this novelization on Whedon’s original script for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film.
- The cover features promotional pictures taken for the film.
- Dove Entertainment Inc. released the novel as an audiobook in July 01, 1992, read by the film’s main actress Kristy Swanson.
International titles
- Czech: “Buffy, zabíječka upírů”
- Portuguese (Portugal): “Buffy, a Caçadora de Vampiros”