Product Details

• Actors: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc, Tim O'Connor
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300184595
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,290 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was scared the 1st time, I was laughing the 2nd., October 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Buck Rogers: Space Vampire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw it as a 7 year old and for days I was scared stiff. When I saw it as an adult with my wife and 14 year old cousin, we laughed hysterically throughout the entire episode. No doubt, this is Buck Rogers meets Dracula with Wilma playing the object of desire. You know, the classic Dracula story with a pinch of 70's scenery, corny special effects, a visious looking villain with a bad eyebrow, and a few other things. In my opinion, this was one of their best crafted episodes. I think the writers already had quite a bit of material from a previous well known work. The special effects guys must have had a budget as they did wonderful work. Don't expect Star Wars Episode I as this was 20 years ago and made for TV but that's hardly the point. Rather, expect a group of people doing their best to tell an entertaining story with what they had available. This is a classic just as all Dracula incarnations.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best (?) Vampire Flick Ever!!, December 21, 2001

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"govt_atty" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buck Rogers: Space Vampire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Alright, maybe not. But like one of the other commentators, I was scared stiff the first time I watched it, curled up beside my dad on the couch. Until I purchased this tape last year, the only memory I had was of Wilma (Erin Gray) tilting her head back as the Vorvon (vampire) drained her essence. Throughout my childhood, teenage years, college and even now, when I think of a scary vampire, I imagine some guy with long fingernails sticking them against my neck. <shudder>

So the sets are ridiculously fake. The vampire's evil laugh is actually rather laughable. And Buck's saving the day is somewhat overdone. But this has what it takes! Wilma's a sizzling vampiress, and steals the show. [But then, didn't her bare midriff always steal the show when we were growing up, much like Daisy Duke?]

It probably won't scare you today. But it's definitely a great episode to take you back in time. Enjoy!!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Space Vampire - Why Not?, August 17, 2001

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"rogueplanet" (Yakima, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buck Rogers: Space Vampire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I remember the day with startling clarity - January 3, 1980...the day I became a man.Okay, a little history for you sci-fi afficionados:Before there was Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, or Star Trek: Fill-in-the-Blank...there was Buck Rogers.'Buck Rogers', and it's sister show - the superior 'Battlestar Galactica' - were the only thing going for science fiction on television in 1979 and 1980. I was just a boy, a wee lad, still in my jammies, and I loved science fiction with a vengeance. Even at 11 years of age, I knew that 'Buck Rogers' was sub-par sci-fi...but it had one thing going for it that no other science fiction series of it's time had...It had Erin Gray.The three things that best defined 'Buck Rogers' as a series - and of my oncoming momentum into puberty - were:1) Erin Gray2) Spandex3) Erin GrayFrankly, the rest of the show - the Starfighters, the laser blasts, the re-used spaceship models from 'Galactica', Gary Coleman...you could have shoved them all into a nuclear reaction and STILL the only thing that would have mattered would have been Erin Gray.Yep, I was hooked.Which brings us to January 3, 1980 - the day 'Space Vampire' premiered.Okay, it was not that good - but Erin Gray gets turned into a Vorvon (i.e. Vampire) and goes all sultry...and my little life was changed forever.Trust me. Rent it, buy it, or tape it. You'll understand.