Iskalde Grøss #5/1992
In "Blodig urett!", Cal and Warren make a shady living selling donated blood from homeless men—until their routine takes a terrifying turn. When a seemingly ordinary donation goes wrong and their latest subject awakens with blazing red eyes, their scheme spirals into a nightmare they never saw coming.
In the eerie quiet of a Belgian Congo hunting trip’s aftermath, Fred Hamilton returns home with his servant B'uuna, set to marry his fiancée Louise. When she gifts B'uuna an ornate Easter egg—its delicate interior hiding a scene of rabbits and tiny eggs—he feels an unsettling chill. As secrets simmer beneath polite conversation, Louise vanishes mid-visit, and Fred is jolted from sleep by B'uuna’s chanting in the hall. What follows is a chilling moment of revelation when B'uuna hands Fred the egg—only for Fred to realize, with dawning horror, that Louise is trapped inside.
In "Graverende omstendigheter," undertaker Ezra Deepley, wronged by powerful townspeople, sees an opportunity for retribution when they fall victim to a deadly epidemic. As he manipulates their final rites, he unwittingly unleashes a vengeance that rises from the grave—turning his dark scheme against him.
In "Baksmell!", a desperate chemist takes on a wealthy admirer eager to recreate the infamous Jekyll and Hyde formula, playing along with the idea that it's just a placebo. When he unknowingly ingests the real concoction, his carefully controlled life unravels as he spirals into a violent transformation he can't stop—leaving him to face the horrifying consequences of his own creation.
In the suffocating dark of the Catacombs, Pietro flees with stolen silver, his partner Gino’s blood still warm on his knife. Armed only with a flickering lamp and a bottle of wine to mark his path, he ventures deeper into the labyrinth—only to lose himself in the endless tunnels. When the light dies, the silence swallows him whole, and the echoes of his own footsteps begin to feel like something else entirely.
In "Maneten!", Charles and Howard Norton clash over a deadly decision: whether to dilute a million insulin syringes to meet a massive order. Charles pushes through the compromise, dismissing Howard’s moral objections—until the consequences spiral beyond control. Years later, Howard returns, not with fury, but with a quiet, unsettling precision that turns the tables in a way no one could have foreseen.
In "En riktig lekkerbisken!", a lone traveler stops at the End of the Road Inn, only to wake up bound to a slab—just as the innkeeper, furious at being called a vampire, reveals he’s actually a ghoul and raises a meat cleaver with chilling intent.
Den sultne graven! tells the eerie tale of a lonely grave that longs for a child—any child—after years of mockery from its peers. When a casket arrives bearing the body of Cynthia, the grave’s hunger is awakened, only to be twisted by a vengeful resurrection. As her no-good nephew and his wife return seeking forgiveness, the grave becomes the stage for a dark, twisted reunion.
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