Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
| Production | Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Patch | Costume Design |
| Production | David T. Friendly | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Howard Zieff | Director |
| Art | Linda Allen | Set Decoration |
| Sound | James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Wendy Greene Bricmont | Editor |
| Writing | Laurice Elehwany | Screenplay |
| Camera | Paul Elliott | Director of Photography |
| Production | Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Art | Pat Tagliaferro | Art Direction |
| Production | Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hannah Gold | Associate Producer |
| Art | Joseph T. Garrity | Production Design |
| Production | Margo Hunt McKay | Production Secretary |
