Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, True Blood) is starring in the Gothic horror film The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands.

Skarsgård plays a British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest who hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to teach his two daughters. While preparing the eldest for an arranged marriage, a force within her begins to awaken, threatening everything she has been taught.

The film is directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén(Clara Sola) from a script she co-wrote with Sjón (The Northman, Lamb).

Darla Contois (Little Bird), Bronte Carmichael(Andor), Lily LaTorre (Run Rabbit Run), Forrest Goodluck (How to Blow Up a Pipeline), and Pernilla August (Star Wars: Episode I-II) round out the cast.

Nima Yousefi (The Apprentice) of Sweden’s Hobab produces alongside Resolve Media in the US, Quiddity Films in the UK, Need Productions in Belgium, and Still Vivid in Iceland.

The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands will be released in Sweden May 2026 by TriArt.

Deadline first reported on the film.