Iskalde Grøss #7/1990

In "Se det i øynene!", two bank robbers, Sam and Willie, flee after a violent holdup that leaves a teller dead. Their escape is compromised when an employee captures their image, leading to Brogen’s identification. To vanish, he undergoes plastic surgery, but the results twist his face into something grotesquely unfamiliar—something far worse than the disguise he’d hoped for.

In "Baksmell!", a young woman grows weary of caring for her paralyzed husband after his heart attack and devises a plan to stage his death by locking him in the cellar with canned goods, pretending she was trapped too. The scheme succeeds, clearing her of suspicion, but her new romance takes a dark turn when her latest lover accidentally locks himself in the same cellar—without provisions—and suffers a fate eerily similar to her first husband.

In "Den skyldige!", a prejudiced sheriff in a small town arrests a Black man for the murder of a white woman, relying on the false testimony of a man who is actually the killer. When the suspect is taken into the woods and executed, the sheriff claims he tried to escape—leaving behind a story steeped in injustice and buried truth.

In "Kontrakten," a desperate man on the brink of suicide is offered $5,000 to stay alive for one month—if he signs a strange contract with a mysterious doctor. With the money in hand, he embraces life with reckless abandon, chasing pleasures and even falling for a girl. But when he tries to break the agreement, the consequences spiral beyond anything he could have imagined—threatening not only his freedom, but the doctor’s own fragile control.

In "Fella!", a man returns from a supposed mugging to find his wife and her funeral home business entangled in a deadly scheme to collect on his life insurance. With the plan to fake his death and vanish together, he’s left behind when the payoff fails to materialize—only to be arrested and ultimately framed for his own murder.

In "Operasjonen," a diamond-smuggling surgeon orchestrates a deadly game with his two henchmen, using their greed as a weapon. After cutting open both men to hide diamonds, he promises one will receive the $250,000 gem—only to send a note delaying the operation, knowing it will drive them to kill each other. When the bodies are found, the doctor’s plan unravels in a shocking twist, but the true cost of his deception comes too late to save him.

In "Gift!", a man haunted by his own smug confidence finds his composure unraveling as he watches his housekeeper navigate the quiet grief of his late wife’s funeral. Every glance, every word she offers seems to carry a weight he can’t decipher—until he begins to suspect she knows more than she should. As paranoia takes root, he plots to turn the tables, but the real question is whether he’s being outmaneuvered or simply losing his mind.

In "Til siste gnist!", an aging electrician named Pop Martin, worn down by loneliness and the weight of his son Richie’s dangerous choices, finds solace in the hum of hospital generators. When Richie is shot in a violent confrontation tied to his criminal past, Pop makes a desperate decision to record a confession that would shield his son—only to have the power fail at the crucial moment, leaving the truth suspended in silence.