“United States of Tara” alumna Rosemarie DeWitt is set to star in producer Sam Raimi’s planned remake of Tobe Hooper’s 1982 supernatural blockbuster Poltergeist. Gil Kenan (Monster House) is attached to direct the film, written by David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz the Great and Powerful, Rise of the Guardians).

Poltergeist told the story of a family whose young daughter is abducted into another dimension by angry spirits. The family soon learns that their home is built over a cemetery where bodies remain buried and unable to rest in peace due to their loud footsteps (damn upstairs neighbors).

According to Deadline, DeWitt will step into the role of the family’s strong and protective matriarch, memorably played by JoBeth Williams in the original. No horror creds to DeWitt’s name, but she did co-star in last year’s alien invasion comedy The Watch.