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 HBO Max.
| Writing | Savage Steve Holland | Writer |
| Directing | Savage Steve Holland | Director |
| Crew | Bill McIntosh | Stunts |
| Crew | Tom Morga | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Jean Coulter | Stunts |
| Crew | Wally Rose | Stunts |
| Crew | Keith Harvey | Stunts |
| Crew | Johnny Hock | Stunts |
| Crew | A. Michael Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Greg Wayne Elam | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Crew | Wayne King | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Beddor | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandy Berumen | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Hank Calia | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Stader | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy L. Downey | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Crew | Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Seaman | Stunts |
| Crew | Sharon Schaffer | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Dunn | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Debbie Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Crew | Neil Summers | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Yerkes | Stunts |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Crew | Chere Rae | Stunts |
| Production | William Strom | Associate Producer |
| Art | Gary Moreno | Set Decoration |
| Production | Caro Jones | Casting |
| Sound | Rupert Hine | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Alan Balsam | Editor |
| Production | Andrew Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Art | Herman F. Zimmerman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georgina Williams | Hairstylist |
| Production | Michael Jaffe | Producer |
| Camera | Isidore Mankofsky | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gil Friesen | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | James R. Scribner | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad R. Loman | Costume Design |
| Camera | Jim Dunford | Dolly Grip |
| Sound | Richard Tyler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | David Jernigan | Transportation Coordinator |
| Camera | Frank M. Holgate | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dick Vandenberg | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Roester | Costumer |
| Camera | Jan Gould | Grip |
| Sound | John L. Mack | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Huw Davies | Location Manager |
| Camera | Tom Kessenich | Key Grip |
| Art | Bud Peifer Jr. | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | William Hooper | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Nancy Forner | Associate Editor |
| Directing | Maria Lease | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Faith Minton | Stunts |
| Directing | Yudi Bennett | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jann Dutmer | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Jack Clements | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Bud Alper | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Fred Lerner | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Rick Neff | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Gene Ashbrook | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Frederick Hamm | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Ted Roberts | Music Editor |
| Camera | Malcolm Brown | First Assistant Camera |
| Art | Art Lipschultz | Property Master |
| Sound | David Anderle | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Shelley Kirkwood | Unit Publicist |
| Lighting | Jake Jarrell | Gaffer |
