Gory battle sequences. Stabbing, slicing and decapitations with lots of blood. Aftermath of village raid shows hanged villagers and pillaging.
EXTREMELY violent, with lots of blood and gore in battle sequences.
Extremely violent. Some scenes include chopping off fingers. Frequent battle and war scenes. Cutting off of head and eyes are also present.
There is constant violence and gore (some of it very disturbing) including: heads being chopped off, people being sliced in half etc. And there also is a scene where askeladd pokes a man's eyes out with his fingers, overall still a great historical show. Recommend for ages 17+
Really violent, a person gets his head decapitated, a guys gets chopped in two, people burning alive and many disturbing scenes along way
One episode features violence toward horses, this can be rather disheartening for horse/animal lovers. However, the moment is meant to be darkly humorous unlike the more frequent and intense battle sequences that are played quite seriously.
The series has a lot of extremely bloody fighting sequences with some gore seen but is not ultraviolent or unnecessarily graphic (meaning that it's nowhere near as violent as something like either "Berserk", "Hellsing Ultimate" or "DEVILMAN crybaby", but it's still graphic). However, the violence is brutal and realistic, and is not presented in a stylized or glamorous way.
The openings show snippets of the violent sequences, with blood detail
Season 2 is tamer than Season 1, but more emotionally heavy.
The fact that the series is based on history and real life events makes the violence all the more intense.
Gore is much less frequent in season 2, but when it does happen it is brutal. That being said, it is also slightly censored on the Netflix version as of August 9 2023.
A man's eye is pierced by a coin and he is impaled through the neck afterwards. None of it is off screen.
A soldier's hand is cut off, then his eye is stabbed with a sword for information.