The Ghost Train
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
The Waiting Room, or Eggs in Purgatory
In a waiting room in the space between the living and the beyond, an unlikely pair sits impatiently for their final reckoning.
The Dentist
An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.
Outward Bound
A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).
Amityville Toothache
Gabriel has an excruciating toothache. Unfortunately, his dentist is operating with tools supplied from the cursed town of Amityville.
Candle
Confined to an endlessly burning waiting room, a dying sedentary woman experiences herself blurring in and out of her body. In her last remaining fragments she tries to make amends with her spirit before her remaining fragments either decay or create.
His Head
Jean Bonnard, clean-cut industrialist and the only son of a widow, goes to visit his mother in the small village where she lives. However, early in the morning the police arrive to arrest him, accusing the man of having murdered the old banker who'd made advances towards his girlfriend. Jean's mother is eager to aid her son, whom she believes is innocent. Said Epstein of his film: "I shot small landscapes in Livilliers which seemed to me-- in their reality, I mean-- very large".
Troll
An unassuming woman meets a teenage boy's grief-stricken music teacher while sitting in a hospital waiting room.
Dope Fiend
Fran is waiting for her partner to join her for therapy. Consumed by her internal voice, the waiting room becomes transformed.
Kakara
Man drags his girlfriend to hospital for abortion. A brat is a last thing needed right now. But sitting in a waiting room can change your mind.
Waiting Room
Short Croatian documentary from the former Yugoslavia by Ante Babaja that captures the different faces in a waiting room.