Iskalde Grøss #3/1989

In "Bordet fanger," a young man and his father, bound by a life of shared solitude, find their quiet existence shattered when a fugitive from a nearby penitentiary breaks into their cabin, steals their clothes, and nearly kills the father. Driven by grief and rage, the son sets out with his injured father to track down the intruder, following a shaky lead that leads them to a chilling confrontation on the road. As the truth begins to unravel, the son is forced to question everything he thought he knew — and what it means to protect the ones he loves.

In "Stedfortredere!", Jim Donaldson and Gail Williams, trapped in loveless marriages, hatch a reckless plan to be together by eliminating their spouses and disposing of the bodies in quicklime. As they carry out their scheme, they begin to notice disturbing changes in each other—echoes of the very people they sought to erase—leaving them to wonder if their new lives are truly their own.

In "Høyvann!", four men aboard a mail boat bound for the mainland make a tense departure from the notorious Mephisto Prison, only to learn over the radio that one of its inmates has escaped. When their engine fails mid-voyage—clogged with sand—the isolated crew begins to suspect one another, each man’s alibi crumbling under the weight of suspicion and the rising tension of the open sea.

In "Klipp!", Russell Slade, a vain movie stand-in, sees his chance to replace the star John Hammond after noticing how his makeup artist makes him look identical. But when Slade’s scheme to eliminate Hammond goes awry, the consequences unfold in ways he never anticipated.

In "En rå død!", a man handcuffed to a corpse stumbles through a desolate desert, desperate to survive. As the heat and hunger take their toll, he faces a horrifying choice: sever his bond to the dead man, but with no tool to cut through flesh. When he lies down to let vultures finish the corpse, he awakens to find them already feeding on him.

In "Unnalurere," two desperate cousins attempt to murder their wealthy uncle to settle a crushing debt to a local gangster, sabotaging his insulin with a clumsy plan that backfires. When their scheme unravels, the mobsters exact brutal revenge—casting them into the harbor in cement shoes, where the tide will decide their fate.

In "Bestikkelsen!", a guilt-ridden fire inspector faces a tragic reckoning after a nightclub fire breaks out—just as he’s been paid to look the other way. Haunted by the belief that his daughter perished in the blaze, he spirals into despair, unaware she and her fiancé never stayed for the show, having fled the city to start a new life.

In "Monotoni," a weary bank clerk named Mr. Gans finds himself unexpectedly entrusted with delivering cash to the reclusive, sharp-tongued octogenarian Mrs. Courtright. What begins as a routine errand slowly shifts as her guarded demeanor softens, drawing Gans into an uneasy intimacy. As his sense of duty warps into quiet greed, he starts siphoning small sums—until her sudden passing sends him spiraling into guilt and fear, leading to a tragic end he never saw coming.

In the biting cold of a winter night, a man stops to help a stranded motorist buried in a snowbank—only to find himself entangled in a murder case that points a damning finger his way. When a young woman is found dead and the description of her killer matches the man who was seen helping the stranded driver, the evidence seems to seal his fate. Now, with the electric chair looming, his only hope lies in the one person he may have saved: the very motorist whose identity remains hidden.