Skræk #2
In "Hævnen er rød!", a twisted tale of betrayal and retribution unfolds as an elephant trainer's secret affair leads to a shocking murder staged as an accident. With art by Graham Ingels and a cover by Jack Davis, this 1994 Danish horror gem delivers a chilling twist when the victim and the elephant rise from the grave a year later, seeking vengeance.
In "Hævnen er rød!", a trunk narrates its chilling tale of love and vengeance, recalling the murder of a woman it once cherished. When the killer tries to hide inside, panic drives him to shoot holes through the wood—only for the trunk to twist and contract, turning him into something unspeakable.
In "Elefanten Emma," a circus performer's carefully constructed life unravels when his secret affair leads him to orchestrate a gruesome act of betrayal—using his elephant to kill his wife during a performance, then framing the animal. A year later, returning to the same town with his new lover and a newly trained elephant, he begins to suspect the past is not as buried as he believed.
In "I hymens lænker," a woman returns from the grave, not to seek vengeance, but to reclaim the promise of marriage—her husband’s, not her own. Haunted by a love that outlived death, she moves through their home with quiet, eerie devotion, her final words a chilling echo of vows: "till death do us part means both of us die. Not just one."
In the shadowed confines of a closet, young Artie finds an unexpected companion in Hozir, a spirit bound to the space who has his own ideas about justice. As the boy’s cruel step-father, Samuel Bricker, pushes too far, Hozir’s patience snaps—and the line between punishment and retribution begins to blur.
In "Splat-Poker," two bitter professional gamblers turn their long-standing rivalry into a grotesque game of chop poker, where stakes are settled not with money, but with severed limbs. With their personal doctors on hand to tend to the wounds, the duel spirals into a bloody impasse—neither can continue, yet neither can back down.
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