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...
as Thomas J. Sennett
as Vada Sultenfuss
as Harry Sultenfuss
as Shelly DeVoto
as Phil Sultenfuss
as Mr. Jake Bixler
as Gramoo Sultenfuss
as Dr. Welty
as Nurse Randall
as Arthur
as Justin
as Ronda
as Charles
as Ray
as Mrs. Hunsaker
as Betty
as Jackie
as Thomas J.'s Mother
as Thomas J.'s Father
as Danny
as Billy
as Carnival Barker
as Carnival Barker