Buffy has been staking vampires a little longer than most people realize. While Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the series) began in 1997, a movie with the same name came out in 1992. Directed by Fran Rubel ...
The 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie feels like a parody of the later TV show, with differences in tone, characters, and the portrayal of Buffy.