The remake of the horror blockbuster Poltergeist will be filmed in Hamilton over the next month.

Lorrie Bowman, of the city's film and television office, confirmed Friday that the film, starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jared Harris, will be shot in a west Mountain subdivision starting Sept. 23 for a period of about two-and-a-half weeks.

The film, directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House, City of Ember), focuses on a family whose home is taken over by a supernatural force.

Rockwell is best known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Moon and Seven Psychopaths. Jared Harris may be familiar as Lane Price in the cable television series Mad Men. Dewitt is best known for television roles in The United States of Tara and Standoff.

The original movie, released in 1982, was produced and cowritten by Steven Spielberg, and is considered a classic in the horror genre. The film featured child actress Heather O'Rourke as a little girl abducted by ghosts.

O'Rourke's "they're here" announcement is one of the more memorable lines in motion picture history. O'Rourke later died at the age of 12 from cardiac arrest.