Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3111 in VHS
• Released on: 2000-06-12
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Special Edition, Surround Sound
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 475 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Action-packed Season Three develops major characters and plot lines brewing over the last couple of years (see below). The Mayor, this season's major baddie, wants to become an invincible demon by slaughtering everyone at Sunnydale High's graduation ceremony, but he's going to torture them all by giving his speech first. Bad-girl vampire-slayer Faith wants to best Buffy and gets ever more rotten. Angel comes back from hell but isn't sure what to do about his girlfriend. Willow meets her evil gay vampire duplicate from another dimension. Xander loses his virginity, but still has to contemplate his essential uselessness. Cordelia gets less whiny and has to work in a dress-shop when her father becomes bankrupt. Giles wears tweed and drinks tea, though it is revealed that he used to be a warlock and in a punk band. Besides the soap opera, there are monsters, curses, and vampires (inevitably). --Kim Newman

Synopsis
More adventures with Buffy the vampire slayer. Featuring the episodes: 'Anne', 'Dead Man's Party', 'Faith, Hope And Trick', 'Beauty And The Beasts', 'Homecoming', 'Band Candy', 'Revelations', 'Lover's Walk', 'The Wish', 'Amends' and 'Gingerbread'.

Customer Reviews

WOW IS ALL I CAN SAY
This series really does the entire show juctice. I didn't know what to expect and whether they could carry it on without running out of ideas. But, it really works. Buffy is exposed little by little, enticing you to watch each episode, Willow and Xander prove to just as brilliant characters. Cordelia provides just that little bit of sarcasm and wit that is needed. And, well Oz, he is a perfect compliment to Willow, proving that new characters do not spoil the show. Angel lingers in the background and this is the only aspect that needs pointing out, since I feel there was a lot of room for Angel to develop as a character. with Giles still in his books and being the loveable bumbling character he is, the whole box set is just so great. First class acting! I can't wait for the conclusion of the series.

It just gets better and better
This is the series where it all comes together. The plots are razor sharp, the characters have all come into their own, and the whole mythology is fantastically realised. The initially scarcely believable menace of the mayor develops throughout the series, with his obsession with cleanliness and courtesy, and soft spot for Faith giving a strange counterpoint to the ultimate evil he is set on becoming. Xander is, as usual, pure comedy, but provides a genuinely moving moment when he sorts out Cordelia's dress for the prom. Buffy and Angel continue their on/off, pleasure/pain relationship before a final resolution, and Willow remains the nicest, fittest ginger haired girl on the face of the planet (in my humble opinion). Whatever your reasons for watching it, just make sure that you do, or you're missing some of the best entertainment out there. It may not be big, it may not be clever, but it's damned enjoyable. See you in Sunnydale!

Class! (geddit?)
American TV is strange isn't it? On the one hand there are syrupy shows that balk at the idea of anything that falls outside the middle class values of the "American Dream" and are restrained by a curious desire to puncutate every episode with moral lecturing. On the other hand there are the shows like "Friends," "Third Rock From The Sun" and "Sienfeld" which are witty, left-of- centre takes on the humour in "out of the ordinary" characters and situations without being tied to any particular point or message. Buffy is an enchanting and unusual mix of both of these approaches. The show is equal parts irreverant celebration and inspiring morality tales. Who wouldn't like to be as level headed, confident and brave as Buffy whilst being so buttoned-nosed cute? This show has everything: beautiful clothes, beautiful peaople!, atmospheric sets, wicked effects and makeup, funny one-liners, characters of depth, pacey writing, cool music and above all a sophistication which suprises you everytime, given that this is a Network US TV show aimed at teenagers. I can't believe it took me so long to discover and if you're experience of Buffydom is limited to the motion picture do not prejudge - this is an entirely different creature (excuse the pun.) The third series introduces "Faith" a rival slayer who initially aids Buffy before her descent into evil. This is perhaps the single most convincing aspect of this series because she is not the usual cartoon version of an evil persona. Her attraction to evil is given a believable reason and because of this her redemption always seems possible. In fact the portrayal of the character is such that even at her baddest, Faith's eyes betray the fact that she realy wants to be saved. Other new characters are the mayor and his sidekick Mr Trick. The mayor is depicted as an upstanding pillar of society, a kindly authority figure with a heart of pure evil. I always knew all those self-righteous types were servants of Satan! Standout episodes are the two part "Graduation Day," the linked episodes "Enemies" and "Consequences," "The Zeppo" featuring the hillarious O'Toole's undead gang and "The Prom" which is relatively free of the normal action and a refreshing change. The appeal of the Vampire has always been an alluring combination of horror and eroticism, this show has just made the appeal even stronger. Highly recommended, buy it .... if only beacuse your TV won't have looked so good in a long time!