I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #2
"Alleanza mortale" delivers a chilling blend of small-town tension and supernatural retribution in this 1991 Italian horror classic. When the new fire chief, unpopular with the veteran guard Dan, deliberately delays responding to a blaze at Dan’s home, the consequences may be more than human. Written by Ferruccio Alessandri and brought to life with stark, expressive art by Bill Elder—both pencils and inks—this story pulses with dread. The cover, a striking piece by Jack Davis, captures the perfect unease of the tale.
In "Alleanza mortale," a group of curious teens uncover a chilling conspiracy while spying from the basement window of a funeral home. When they learn the town’s pharmacist and undertaker are secretly poisoning citizens to profit from funerals, they must decide how far they’ll go to stop it—before it’s too late.
In "Taxi Driver," a cab driver haunted by a vivid dream of being chased by a man named Dr. Mueller into a basement lined with caskets finds the nightmare chillingly real when the doctor himself climbs into his cab. As the night unfolds, the driver’s dream begins to mirror reality in terrifying ways—leading to a shocking twist that blurs the line between victim and predator.
In "Sogni loro!", a schoolteacher grapples with the chilling realization that his entire world is the nightmare of one of his students. As he senses the boy beginning to awaken, the teacher’s grip on reality frays, trapped in a nightmare he can’t escape—because his existence depends on a dream that’s about to end.
In "Sul filo del rasoio!", the new fire chief’s arrival stirs tension with Dan, the longtime guardian of the firehouse, whose distrust turns deadly when a fire breaks out at his home. With the new chief deliberately delaying the response, Dan’s fate hangs in the balance—only to set off a chilling reckoning from beyond the grave.
In "Vita da cani!", a disgraced doctor exacts a chilling revenge by transferring the minds of his former colleagues into the bodies of dogs—only to face a horror far worse than he imagined. The story unfolds with a cold, clinical precision, turning the idea of transformation into something deeply unsettling.
Jo, a portly prankster with a weak heart, finds twisted joy in macabre jokes—until his latest stunt claims the life of a doctor’s son. Now, the grieving father’s retribution promises to be as relentless as it is chilling.
In "La bella addormentata," the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty takes a dark turn—behind the enchanted slumber lies a far more sinister truth. Jo, the once-prized princess, spends her days in stillness not from a curse, but because she is a vampire, her beauty preserved by the very darkness she cannot escape.
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Reprinted in I Classici Americani I Racconti del Terrore #10 (1991)
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