Yes, we have been anticipating this for a long time. Young Finnish director AJ Annila turned a lot of heads with his debut film - the first ever Nordic wuxia picture Jade Warrior - and for his follow up the Finn has turned to the world of horror. We got the first still for the film a while back and now we have just been slipped the first teaser for the picture, which looks absolutely fantastic. Annila has a simply fantastic eye and the imagery included in this is both beautiful and disturbing ...

A cruel horror film bathing in the Finnish sauna culture, in the no-zone between Christianity and paganism. A story of two brothers, who leave a young girl to die and become haunted by her, as she follows them in supernatural form, her face pouring with endless filth. The brothers escape with a commission marking the border between Russia and Finland to a Russian-Orthodox village. In there they find a sauna - The sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking for forgiveness, the brothers step into the sauna…

Sauna is a horror film about sins, repentance and forgiveness. The story leads us into the core of darkness, where there is no forgiveness, no hope, no salvation.

You'll find the trailer embedded in the Twitch Video Player below the break.