Eddie Jessup is researcher aan de universiteit van Cordell. Hij onderzoekt de oorsprong van het leven en spuit zichzelf in met een van de Indianen afkomstige drug, die hem via hallucinaties terugvoeren naar het prilste begin van het leven op aarde.
Nee, helaas is Altered States nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Ken Russell | Director |
| Writing | Paddy Chayefsky | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paddy Chayefsky | Novel |
| Production | Howard Gottfried | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Melnick | Executive Producer |
| Sound | John Corigliano | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jordan Cronenweth | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eric Jenkins | Editor |
| Production | Howard Feuer | Casting |
| Production | Jeremy Ritzer | Casting |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Art | Thomas L. Roysden | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Myers | Costume Design |
| Sound | Michael Colgan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | James Glennon | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Garrett Brown | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Morgan Renard | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Gary Holt | Gaffer |
| Crew | John M. Woodward | Transportation Coordinator |
| Directing | Carline Davis-Dyer | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Paul Pav | Location Manager |
| Production | Stuart Baird | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Hancock | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dione Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | Sidney H. Greenwood | Property Master |
| Art | Jeff Howard | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Roger Irvin | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Tony Dyson | Props |
| Lighting | Sal Martorano | Electrician |
| Lighting | Chris Strong | Electrician |
| Camera | Johnny E. Jensen | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bob Rose | Key Grip |
| Camera | Carey Jones | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Adam Glick | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Gary Daigler | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Bran Ferren | Visual Effects Director |
| Production | David Silver | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Peter Schindler | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dick Smith | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carl Fullerton | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Craig Reardon | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Joel Thurm | Additional Casting |
| Production | Stephen Kolzak | Additional Casting |
| Sound | Christopher Keene | Conductor |
| Crew | Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects |
| Crew | Larry L. Fuentes | Special Effects Assistant |
| Sound | Donald Harris | Music Editor |
| Art | Ronald C. Jacobs | Leadman |
| Art | Stan Cockerell | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Marvin E. Lewis | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Darryl M. Athons | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shanan Harrell | Costumer |
| Editing | Thomas Penick | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Arthur W. Forney | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Lee Stitch | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Jay Wertz | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Fred Stafford | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Don Higgins | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Colin Waddy | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Laurey Condon | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Susan Tarr | Research Assistant |
| Crew | Scott Bartlett | Technical Advisor |
| Sound | John David Earnest | Orchestrator |
