Better Off Dead (1985) | 2025 Electric Film Series Free Screening

FMASU’s Electric Film Series returns to The Electric Theater on July 15th with a FREE 40th Anniversary screening of a mid-80s comedy cult classic. Here’s a hint for you. This screening may be FREE but for obvious reasons, we should be charging “$2.”

“Better Off Dead” (1985)

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Writer/director Savage Steve Holland (“One Crazy Summer,” “How I Got Into College”) doesn’t get nearly enough love. His take on the 80s teen experience was always something a little bit different from some of the more angsty-centric elements we were seeing from his contemporaries. His films were always charming, high energy, and seemingly random in equal measure, and in the end, while Holland may not have enjoyed the same sort of success as someone like John Hughes, his 80s essentials have certainly grown in popularity through the years. This is especially true of his most beloved film, the hilarious John Cusack-headlined romp,…