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London -- Oscar winner Charlize Theron has proffered a Dutch wink to remake rights to writer/director Elbert van Strien's "Two Eyes Staring," a movie originally named "Zwart Water" in the Netherlands.

Theron snapped up remake rights through her production banner Denver & Delilah and is, according to Dutch sources, meeting "A-list directors" to attach to the remake.

The original Dutch pic, fresh from a circuit of international festival airings including screenings at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Fantasy Filmfest in Germany and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, starred British born Barry Atsma alongside Hadewych Minis, Isabelle Stokkel and Bart Slegers.

Written by van Strien and Paulo van Vliet, "Two Eyes Staring" details the story of a nine-year-old girl who discovers her sinister friend is the ghost of her mother's dead twin.

Zwart Water or Two Eyes Staring is a film from Accento Films, which is from the Netherlands. In this first trailer for Zwart, Lisa, a nine year old girl, discovers a secret long buried by her mother. Seems the family was a little bigger at one point. Two Eyes Staring has already won the Kodak Development Prize in 2006 and this first clip will surely make you squirm as the dead come to life for a reunion.

The synopsis for Zwart Water or Two Eyes Staring:

"In Zwart Water (Two Eyes Staring) the nine-year-old Lisa discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa’s mother. Lisa’s father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences" (Zwart).

Director: Elbert van Strien.

Writers: Elbert van Strien and Paulo van Vliet.

Cast: Barry Atsma, Hadewych Minis, Isabelle Stokkel, and Bart Slegers.