Scariest Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episodes, Ranked

For a show about a teenager fighting vampires, Buffy the Vampire Slayer could be surprisingly frightening. Joss Whedon's series spent a lot of time combining romance, coming-of-age drama, and comedy with horror, but that only made the scarier episodes stand out. Some of the vampires Buffy faces off with are genuinely scary, while other demons are scary because they exploit a much more familiar fear, whether that's isolation or a loss of control. Even after seven seasons, Buffy could still produce episodes that felt surprisingly unsettling.