Content & Trigger Warnings for Gleipnir (2020)
13 content warnings identified across 1 season for this show.
Quick Summary
Yes, Gleipnir (2020) contains 13 content warnings : Death of a parent, Grief / bereavement (major focus), Kidnapping / abduction, Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Jump scares, Age-gap relationships (predatory), Explicit sexual content / nudity, Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations, Gore / graphic violence, Gun violence, Sexual assault / rape, Torture.
The most severe warnings are for Blood / medical gore (severity 4/5), Body horror (severity 5/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 5/5).
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Does It Get Worse?
5 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.
| Warning | Season | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health & Emotional | ||||
| Death of a parent | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Parental loss drives character motivation and emotional stakes |
| Death of a parent | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Parental death features in character backstories and plot events |
| Grief / bereavement (major focus) | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters struggle with the loss of their humanity and loved ones |
| Other | ||||
| Kidnapping / abduction | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters are captured and held by antagonistic forces |
| Phobias & Sensory | ||||
| Blood / medical gore | All | 4/5 | Depicted | Heavy blood and viscera shown during monster fights and transformations |
| Body horror | S1 | 5/5 | Depicted | Characters undergo grotesque physical transformations and fuse with alien organisms |
| Body horror | All | 5/5 | Depicted | The central premise involves characters merging with and transforming into monstrous creatures |
| Jump scares | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Sudden monster reveals and attack sequences throughout |
| Jump scares | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Monster reveals and sudden attacks create jump scare moments |
| Sexual Content | ||||
| Age-gap relationships (predatory) | S1 | 2/5 | Referenced | Some character dynamics involve uncomfortable age-related power imbalances |
| Explicit sexual content / nudity | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Nudity and sexual situations occur during transformation sequences and character interactions |
| Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Power dynamics in the monster-human symbiosis carry uncomfortable sexual undertones |
| Violence & Physical Harm | ||||
| Gore / graphic violence | S1 | 5/5 | Depicted | Extremely graphic body horror and violent transformations with visceral detail |
| Gun violence | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Firearms used in combat against transformed creatures |
| Sexual assault / rape | All | 3/5 | Depicted | Scenes with non-consensual physical contact and threatening sexual situations |
| Torture | S1 | 3/5 | Depicted | Characters endure painful experiments and physical suffering |
Mental Health & Emotional
Parental death features in character backstories and plot events
Characters struggle with the loss of their humanity and loved ones
Other
Phobias & Sensory
Heavy blood and viscera shown during monster fights and transformations
Characters undergo grotesque physical transformations and fuse with alien organisms
The central premise involves characters merging with and transforming into monstrous creatures
Sexual Content
Some character dynamics involve uncomfortable age-related power imbalances
Nudity and sexual situations occur during transformation sequences and character interactions
Power dynamics in the monster-human symbiosis carry uncomfortable sexual undertones
Violence & Physical Harm
Extremely graphic body horror and violent transformations with visceral detail
Scenes with non-consensual physical contact and threatening sexual situations





