When hit TV series, Buffy the Vampire originally aired during the 1990s, not only did the show bring wit, action, and plenty of horror to the small screen, it also introduced viewers to a collection of actors who would become firm favourites with fans. For many viewers, Buffy wasn’t just an ordinary show, it was something they lived and breathed week-in, week-out, and they became interested in the cast outside of the series.

Did this apply to you? Or perhaps, it applies to you now?

Well, if you’re a Buffy fan then you probably want to watch some of the cast in other projects. And these projects may include horror movies – a genre favourite for most Buffy devotees.

But did the Buffy cast appear in many horror movies? Well, the simple answer to that question is ‘yes’ – they appeared in lots of horror movies.

And if you want to know what they all are, then keep reading. Below I’ve provided a list of horror movies and supernatural films featuring the core actors of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The actors include: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Nicholas Brendon (Xander), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia), David Boreanaz (Angel), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn), James Marsters (Spike), Eliza Dushku (Faith), Marc Blucas (Riley), Amber Benson (Tara), and Seth Green (Oz). The list includes films where the actors have had major parts, and where they have had minor/uncredited parts or voice roles.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar

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  • Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
  • The Grudge 2 (2006)
  • The Return (2005)
  • The Grudge (2004)
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) 
  • Scooby-Doo (2002)
  • Scream 2 (1997)
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

The one to watch: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

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Nicholas Brendon

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  • Christmas Slasher (2026)
  • On a Dark and Bloody Ground (2024)
  • Dawn (2022)
  • Dark Christmas (2021)
  • The Nanny (2018)
  • Redwood (2017)
  • Attack of the Morningside Monster (2014)
  • The Portal (2010)
  • Blood on the Highway (2008)
  • Unholy (2007)
  • Fire Serpent (2007)
  • Survival Island (2002)
  • Psycho Beach Party (2000)
  • Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)

The one to watch: On a Dark and Bloody Ground (2024)

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Alyson Hannigan

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  • You Might Be the Killer (2018)

The one to watch: You Might Be the Killer (2018)

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Charisma Carpenter 

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  • Girl in Woods (2016)
  • Haunted High (2012)
  • Psychosis (2010)
  • House of Bones (2010)

The one to watch: House of Bones (2010)

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David Boreanaz 

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  • Ghost Writer (aka Suffering Man’s Charity) (2007)
  • The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
  • Valentine (2001)
  • The Macabre Pair of Shorts (1996)

The one to watch: Valentine (2001)

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Emma Caulfield

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  • Removal (2010)
  • Darkness Falls (2003)

The one to watch: Darkness Falls (2003)

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Anthony Stewart Head 

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  • Let the Wrong One In (2021)
  • School’s Out Forever (2021)
  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
  • The Great Ghost Rescue (2011)
  • Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

The one to watch: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

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Michelle Trachtenberg 

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  • Black Christmas (2006)

The one to watch: Black Christmas (2006)

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James Marsters

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  • Abrupito (2023)
  • High Plains Invaders (2009)
  • Shadow Puppets (2007)
  • House on Haunted Hill (1999)

The one to watch: House on Haunted Hill (1999)

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Eliza Dushku 

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  • Eloise (2016)
  • Open Graves (2009)
  • Wrong Turn (2003)
  • Soul Survivors (2001)

The one to watch: Wrong Turn (2003)

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Marc Blucas

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  • Unearth (2020)
  • Red State (2011)
  • Animals (2009)
  • Deadline (2009)
  • The Killing Floor (2007)
  • Thr3e (2006)
  • They (2002)

The one to watch: Red State (2011)

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Amber Benson

Image: ©20th Century/Disney
  • The Vanishing Tour (2026)
  • I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
  • The Nightmare Gallery (2019)
  • House of Dreams (2018)
  • The Crooked Man (2016)
  • Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales (2014)
  • One-Eyed Monster (2008)
  • Intermedio (2005)

The one to watch: The Vanishing Tour (2026)

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Seth Green

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  • Hanky Panky (2023)
  • Black Friday! (2021)
  • Holidays (2016)
  • Krampus (2015)
  • Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
  • The Attic Expeditions (2001)
  • Idle Hands (1999)
  • Ticks (1993)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)*
  • IT (1990)**

The one to watch: Idle Hands (1999)

*Green appears for a split second as an uncredited vampire in the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie

**Technically a TV miniseries, but often released as a film 

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