What do you do against a hostile spirit? You try to smash it in the face. At least that's what the lead character professes in the trailer for the acclaimed 2014 New Zealand horror-comedy Housebound, which Heat Vision reports is getting a U.S. remake from New Line.

Written and directed by Gerard Johnstone, Housebound centers on Kylie, a rebellious woman who's forced to move back in with her mother after being sentenced to eight months of house arrest. Although she initially dismisses her mother's claims that her home is haunted, Kylie soon begins to suspect she may be right.

Johnstone will produce the remake, but writing and directing duties will be handled by others.