High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Unfortunately the movie Better Off Dead... is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Directing | Savage Steve Holland | Director |
| Writing | Savage Steve Holland | Writer |
| Crew | Frank Beddor | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandy Berumen | Stunts |
| Crew | Greg Wayne Elam | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Crew | Jean Coulter | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Keith Harvey | Stunts |
| Crew | Hank Calia | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Wayne King | Stunts |
| Crew | Johnny Hock | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill McIntosh | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Morga | Stunts |
| Crew | A. Michael Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Wally Rose | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon | Stunts |
| Crew | Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Seaman | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Stader | Stunts |
| Crew | Sharon Schaffer | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Yerkes | Stunts |
| Crew | Neil Summers | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Dunn | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy L. Downey | Special Effects |
| Crew | Chere Rae | Stunts |
| Production | Gil Friesen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Jaffe | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Production | William Strom | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Rupert Hine | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Isidore Mankofsky | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alan Balsam | Editor |
| Production | Caro Jones | Casting |
| Art | Herman F. Zimmerman | Production Design |
| Art | Gary Moreno | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad R. Loman | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | James R. Scribner | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georgina Williams | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Frank M. Holgate | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Roester | Costumer |
| Art | Bud Peifer Jr. | Assistant Property Master |
| Camera | Tom Kessenich | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jim Dunford | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Jan Gould | Grip |
| Production | Huw Davies | Location Manager |
| Crew | David Jernigan | Transportation Coordinator |
| Editing | Nancy Forner | Associate Editor |
| Sound | William Hooper | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vandenberg | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Tyler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John L. Mack | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Maria Lease | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Faith Minton | Stunts |
| Production | Jack Clements | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Yudi Bennett | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jann Dutmer | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Rick Neff | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Fred Lerner | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Bud Alper | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gene Ashbrook | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Malcolm Brown | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Frederick Hamm | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Art Lipschultz | Property Master |
| Lighting | Jake Jarrell | Gaffer |
| Crew | Shelley Kirkwood | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | Ted Roberts | Music Editor |
| Sound | David Anderle | Music Supervisor |
