Nightmare 2 – Painajainen jatkuu (Nightmare 2 - nightmare continues) is a sequel to the horror film Nightmare – painajainen merellä (Nightmare - nightmare at the sea), continuing the horror spin-off series of a popular Finnish daytime soap opera Salatut Elämät (Secret Lives).
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
Salatut elämät (Secret Lives) is a Finnish television soap opera that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. The series' storylines follow the daily lives of several families who live in the same apartment block in Helsinki.
