Dead of Night #5

In "Deep Down," a man flees a lurking horror through a dark cave, sealing his pursuer behind a massive gold nugget—now trapped between greed and survival. With the treasure just out of reach and the monster still breathing down his neck, he must find a way out before the gold becomes his final prison.

In "The Worst Thirst," two brothers take matters into their own hands when a neighbor’s dry well threatens their own, rerouting water through a makeshift channel to restore their supply. What begins as a quiet act of defiance turns uneasy when a delivery man casually reveals the neighbors’ well has been poisoned—just as the brothers finish drinking from their restored source.

In "The 13th Floor," a building manager is unsettled by a ghoul’s request to rent the 13th floor—despite insisting no such floor exists. When the ghoul insists and threatens violence, the manager reluctantly agrees, signing a lease that seals his fate. The floor only appears when the ghoul’s associates enter the elevator, invisible to all others. Drawn by the promise of profit, the manager insists on seeing the space, only to find it real—and then trapped, suspended between the 12th and 14th floors the moment the elevator doors close.

In "One Must Die!", a desperate man puts his twisted theory to the ultimate test—locking his wife and her lover in a cave with only one way out and a single ax between them, forcing them to choose between survival and sacrifice. The story unfolds with chilling precision, exploring the dark edge of instinct and betrayal in a scenario where only one can live.