Nightmare of the Wolf Review

CONTAINS SPOILERS

• Trigger Warning* MMIW, colonial trauma, extreme child abuse, murder of children, racism, white supremacy, anti-Indigeneity, anti-Black racism, Hinduphobia, homophobia, violence against women, misogyny, rape culture, domestic violence, violence, death

Screenshot Vesemir in his handsome younger years with short dark hair, a trimmed beard and moustache, wearing a majestic black cape with a brown fur collar, holding his sword up almost vertically but not quite. The sinister shapes of many “black” monsters with red eyes are contained within the blackness of his cape that sweeps out along the entire bottom of the picture, and a snowy mountainous forested background is behind him.

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One of my friends read my review of Witcher Season 2 and mentioned that watching the animated prequel “The Nightmare of the Wolf” could give insight into Season 2. She said I should take a look if I had time, since the prequel was only about 1 hour long.

So I did. And I have lots to say about it.

Just to be clear, I’ve not read the books or played the games. My reviews are based entirely upon the Netflix adaptions of the storyline.

First of all, the animation of Nightmare of the Wolf was great. They kept The Witcher’s grim and dark aesthetic while making the action interesting to watch.

Now let’s talk about missing and murdered Indigenous women…

What I already knew was that the Elves were the Indigenous people of this world and that the humans, human mages, and…