Better Off Dead (Blu-ray)

After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack) decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can't help but identify with and a host of wonderful comic characters, Savage Steve Holland's writing/directorial debut is a masterful look at those painfully funny teen years.

Starring: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Diane Franklin, Amanda Wyss, Daniel Schneider, Aaron Dozier, David Vaughan, Edward Mehler, Elizabeth Daily, Frank Burt Avalon, J. Warren David, Joey Tushnet, Jonathan Charles Fox, Peter Ellenstein, Rima Delane, Sam High, Sebastian Dungan, Thomas Rollerson, Tina Littlewood, Toby Iland, Brian Imada, Laura Waterbury, Curtis Armstrong, Dan Schneider, Darren Harris, Yuji Okumoto, Chuck Mitchell, Vincent Schiavelli, Randy Stoklos, J Warren Davis, Steven Williams, Peter Ellerstein, Stuart K. Robinson, Squid Holland, Taylor Negron, E.G. Daily, Yano Anaya, Rick Rosenthal, Rich Little, David Vaughn, Rima Delaine, Ron Anello, Dominick Certo, Jude Cole, Robert Gianette, Angie Rubin

Director: Behrooz Hashemian, Michael Jaffe, Phil van der Linden

Rating: PG