Dr. Sayer overtager en afdeling for stærkt katatoniske patienter på et psykiatisk hospital. Her afprøver han stoffet L-DOPA på patienten Lowe, der langsomt kommer ud af sin skal af indesluttet tavshed og begynder at opleve livet på ny. Desværre har stoffet stærke bivirkninger.
Patrick lægger bevidstløs i en lille privat hospital, hans eneste handling er hans ufrivillige spytte. Når en smuk ung sygeplejerske, bare skilt fra sin mand, begynder at arbejde på hospitalet, hun fornemmer, at Patrick kommunikerer med hende, og han synes at være at bruge sine psykiske kræfter til at manipulere begivenhederne i hendes liv.
To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.
Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.
While visiting his comatose wife in the hospital, a serene old professor befriends a vibrant young woman whose husband has also fallen into a coma.
A jazz musician falls in love with a comatose woman at a carny sideshow and takes her to his mansion to join his cabinet of sexual curiosities.
Deacon Choi and Father Kim visit Youngshin who is in a vegetative state. Their plan is to exorcise the demon that has settled into her body. The demon, however, is a formidable force and Youngshin shows no sign of improvement despite Father Kim and Deacon Choi's efforts.
Other Voices is a 1970 documentary film directed by David H. Sawyer. The film follows Dr. Albert Honig, one of the most controversial Doctors of his era, as he demonstrates various techniques he has employed in his treatment of comatose, catatonic, schizophrenic, and autistic patients. It also follows a handful of patients living in a rural setting in Doylestown, Pennsylvania during their daily activities and during treatment sessions with Dr. Honig. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
A gallery owner is opening an unusual exhibition: An artist who is terminally ill wishes to die in front of an audience.