Iskalde Grøss #6/1990

In "Hjerterått," a beloved town garbageman becomes the target of a cruel campaign by a wealthy man and his son, who want his property. After a series of escalating attacks—official ordinances, the removal of the animals he shelters, and the alienation of the children he once cared for—the old man is left utterly alone. On St. Valentine’s Day, his fragile hope is shattered when he discovers the cards meant to comfort him are instead poisoned messages from his tormentors. When he is found dead a week later, his body returns on the next Valentine’s Day, exacting a terrible, unforgettable revenge.

In "Lakmusprøven!", a woman’s growing hatred for her devoted husband reaches a breaking point when she blinds and disfigures him with acid. During her trial, he claims to still love her, and her lawyer urges her to play along—so she does, convincing the jury to spare her. But the truth is far more twisted: her husband’s tender words were a performance, a calculated lie to avoid prison, so he could exact his own brutal revenge.

"En grepa kar!" is a chilling horror-suspense tale narrated by a sentient trunk, recounting the tragic fate of a woman it deeply cares for. When a murderer tries to hide inside it, panic drives him to shoot holes through the wood—only for the trunk to violently contract, turning him into a grotesque, bone-filled mess.

In the shadow of the French Revolution, a nobleman’s betrayal sets a chilling course when a servant demonstrates how a chicken can live on without its head—hinting that death may not be the end. Laughing off the grim lesson, the nobleman soon finds himself face to face with a horrifying truth: the headless body of his former master walks again, guided by the servant’s quiet vengeance.

In "Av jord er du kommet ...", Emil Frankenstein’s long-buried experiment resurfaces when a young woman’s sudden transformation at her own engagement party reveals a horrifying truth: her body is not what it seems. As the night spirals into chaos, the past and present collide in a chilling confrontation between love, betrayal, and a creation born from a miasmic swamp.

In "Omenet!", a man haunted by a childhood memory returns to the woods where he once witnessed a brutal murder—only to find himself repeating the act. As his wife’s betrayal pushes him to the edge, he’s confronted by a chilling vision: a boy watching from the trees, eerily familiar. When he sets her body ablaze, the arrival of Constable Phyfe brings a terrifying revelation tied to a scrap of paper and a date that shouldn’t exist.

In "Heksejakten!", Eric returns to his hometown of Blumstedt with his new wife Helena, a woman already shunned by the townsfolk. As strange deaths begin to plague those who oppose her, whispers grow into a mob determined to destroy her. When the violence reaches its peak, Helena stands amid the chaos, her true nature revealed in a moment of terrifying transformation.

In the cold heart of a decaying castle, a tyrannical queen obsesses over a single bare wall, demanding a portrait that never satisfies her. When the seamstress, decorator, and artist reach their breaking point, their quiet rebellion takes a chilling turn—each playing a part in a grotesque act of defiance. Dronningen som var seg selv lik! unfolds as a dark, twisted fairy tale where vanity and cruelty are met with a horrifying, artful retribution.

In "En helvetes helsebot!", a desperate man pushes the limits of science and morality, forcing a doctor to transplant his head onto another body—first to hide a disfigurement, then to chase the illusion of eternal life. As the operations mount, the doctor's guilt deepens, and when the final procedure leaves him free from fear of blackmail, he abandons the head to its fate on the cold steel table.