What's the twist? Haunter is a reverse ghost story. The film "vividly demonstrates that even ghosts have a lot to be afraid of. Brian King's script constructs a Borgian Labyrinth out of the most mundane settings and shows us how even in our everyday lives, we are spirits living in the material world," said Natali, whose previous work includes the features Cube, Cypher, Nothing and more recently, Splice.

American actress Abigail Breslin, who shot to fame and became one of the youngest actors ever nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Little Miss Sunshine, plays the teenaged Lisa whose family died in 1986 under sinister circumstances but remain trapped in their house, unable to move on. Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her present-day, living counterpart, Olivia, avoid the same fate Lisa and her family suffered. If the plot is vaguely reminiscent of Beetlejuice, where the characters played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis become trapped in their home following a car accident, keep in mind that film was a comedy. This promises to be anything but.

As mentioned, the screenplay is from Brian King who wrote an earlier Natali film, Cypher. Haunter is being produced by Steven Hoban (Splice, Ryan, The Ginger Snaps trilogy), and co-produced by Mark Smith (388 Arletta Avenue, The Spine). Cinematography by Jon Joffin (Daydream Nation, Alice, The Andromeda Strain) with production design by Peter Cosco (388 Arletta Avenue, Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl, Nothing), costume design by Patrick Antosh (388 Arletta Avenue, American Psycho) and editing by Michael Doherty (Survival of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, Land of the Dead).

Haunter, scheduled for release next year, will be distributed in Canada by Entertainment One and in the UK by StudioCanal. US sales will be handled by CAA.