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...
Cast
Anna Chlumsky
Vada Sultenfuss
Macaulay Culkin
Thomas J. Sennett
Dan Aykroyd
Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis
Shelly DeVoto
Richard Masur
Phil Sultenfuss
Griffin Dunne
Mr. Jake Bixler
Ann Nelson
Gramoo Sultenfuss
Peter Michael Goetz
Dr. Welty
Jane Hallaren
Nurse Randall
Anthony R. Jones
Arthur
Tom Villard
Justin
Lara Steinick
Ronda
Kristian Truelsen
Charles
David Caprita
Ray
Jody Wilson
Mrs. Hunsaker
Linda Perri
Betty
Nancy L. Chlumsky
Jackie
Glenda Chism
Thomas J.'s Mother
Bill Cordell
Thomas J.'s Father
Ray Buktenica
Danny
Shane Obedzinski
Billy
Edgar Allan Poe IV
Carnival Barker
Anthony Giaimo
Carnival Barker
Crew
Howard Zieff
Director
Laurice Elehwany
Screenplay
Wendy Greene Bricmont
Editor
Paul Elliott
Director of Photography
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
Executive Producer
David T. Friendly
Executive Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Hannah Gold
Associate Producer
Joseph T. Garrity
Production Design
Mary Colquhoun
Casting
Ellen Jacoby
Casting
Karen Patch
Costume Design
Joseph Coscia
Hairstylist
Allen Weisinger
Makeup Artist
Bill W. Benton
Sound
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Linda Allen
Set Decoration
Pat Tagliaferro
Art Direction
Margo Hunt McKay
Production Secretary
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