Iskalde Grøss #4 [1988]

In "Hals over hode," a man condemned to beheadings finds himself at the mercy of his victim’s husband, who becomes both executioner and tormentor. As the final day approaches, Emil’s calm acceptance of his fate unravels the husband’s fragile grip on vengeance, leading to a twisted climax of obsession and eternal retribution.

In "Pappa mistet hodet!", Martin Blackson's growing resentment toward his stepdaughter Kathy boils over when she befriends the mysterious Mrs. Thaumaturge. After a chilling warning about the woman’s oven, Kathy receives a strange man-shaped candy doll—only to find herself haunted by a scream when Martin accidentally cuts off his own left hand. When Martin demands the doll be destroyed, Kathy proves it’s not cursed by biting off its head, leaving him shaken and questioning what’s truly real.

In "Dydsmønsteret," a man haunted by guilt over his mistress’s suicide launches a crusade against public affection, culminating in a law that mandates separate cemeteries for men and women. When the women refuse to be silenced, they rise from their graves at night to reclaim their places beside their lovers—forcing him to confront the consequences of his obsession.

In this dark twist on a classic, Snow White’s fateful encounter with the poisoned apple takes a shocking turn—her obsession with cleanliness has driven the seven dwarfs to the brink, turning their mountain home into a battleground of scrubbing and spite. As tensions boil over, the apple isn’t just a trap—it’s the final, desperate act of a household pushed too far.

In the quiet dread of a small town, the mayor—driven by grief and vengeance—leads a search for the werewolf that took his wife. When they corner a woman under the full moon, he retreats to his library to confirm the signs of a beast in human form. Alone in the dark, he confronts a snarling reflection in a mirror, firing blindly—only to realize too late what he’s truly facing.

In "Voodoo-hevneren!", Caleb visits an antique store seeking a gift for his wife Sally, drawn to a disturbing voodoo doll crafted in her likeness. After a confrontation fueled by jealousy and rage, Sally hurls the doll at Caleb, sending it crashing into the fireplace—where it burns to ash. But as Caleb stares, frozen, the true horror begins to unfold.

In "Mitt sinn, mitt skinn," a brain surgeon’s desperate experiment traps his victim’s consciousness in the body of a circus gorilla, leaving the man adrift between minds and worlds. As he flees through the night, haunted by the silence of a life he can no longer claim, he faces a chilling truth: his old life is gone, and the only place left for him is the cage he once watched from the outside.

In the shadowed silence of a locked closet, a young boy named Artie finds an unlikely ally in Hozir, a presence from the dark that whispers of retribution. When his cruel step-father, Samuel Bricker, crosses a line too far, Hozir’s promises of justice take a turn neither boy expected—leaving Artie to confront what happens when punishment becomes something far more dangerous than he ever imagined.

In "Noe å tygge på!", a man’s dark secret resurfaces when he’s forced to flee through an underground tunnel system beneath an old graveyard. After burying his rival in a grave marked with a name from 1867, he’s haunted by guilt that spills into his sleep—leading his new wife and maid to confront him. As he tries to escape, a coffin blocks his path, and in desperation he breaks into it, only to be bitten by the corpse inside. The nameplate on the coffin matches the one he once used to hide his crime, and as blood drains from his hand, he realizes too late that the past is not buried as deeply as he thought.