Netflix’s New Swedish Murder Show Blood Sacrifice Hits #3 With an 86% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Netflix’s new Swedish crime thriller Blood Sacrifice is already gaining momentum after reaching No. 3 on Netflix’s Top 10 list and earning an 86% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. The five-episode Nordic noir series combines a tense serial-killer mystery with the troubled relationship between an estranged father and son.

Created by George Kay, whose previous work includes Lupin and Hijack, Blood Sacrifice follows detective Thomas Berg as a series of murders targeting police officers begins. The killer strikes with an alarming pattern, and Thomas is eventually forced to work with his estranged father, former detective Alfred Berg, to stop the attacks.

Blood Sacrifice Brings a New Nordic Noir Mystery to Netflix

The series is set in Sweden and stars Jakob Oftebro as Thomas Berg, with Peter Andersson playing Alfred. Their damaged relationship becomes central to the investigation, giving the murder mystery an emotional conflict alongside its darker crime story.

The official Netflix page presents Blood Sacrifice as a suspenseful Swedish thriller, while the show’s five-episode structure makes it a relatively quick watch for viewers looking for a new Nordic noir series.

Its early critical response has also been encouraging. Rotten Tomatoes currently lists Blood Sacrifice with an 86% critics score, suggesting the series has made a strong first impression with reviewers.

A still from Blood Sacrifice (Image via Netflix).

Early reviews have highlighted that Blood Sacrifice aims to deliver more than a standard procedural mystery. Variety described the series as “Intense, bloody and thought-provoking,” adding that it is “much more than a standard murder mystery.”

Decider also praised the show’s intriguing central mystery while highlighting the importance of the father-son relationship at its center.

The show’s strong Rotten Tomatoes score and high position on Netflix’s charts could help Blood Sacrifice become one of the platform’s more notable recent international crime dramas. Its combination of Scandinavian atmosphere, police murders and family conflict gives it the familiar appeal of Nordic noir while providing a more personal story through Thomas and Alfred’s uneasy partnership.