Horror motion pictures have conditioned us to know that we should always by no means, ever head right into a spooky basement. The upcoming psychological thriller The Man in My Basement introduces a brand new basement-focused rule for us to abide by: By no means hire your basement to a shady man.
Directed by Nadia Latif and based mostly on the novel of the identical identify by Walter Mosley, The Man in My Basement introduces down-on-his-luck Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins). He is lately misplaced his mom and his job, and now his ancestral house within the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, is about to be foreclosed on.
Enter mysterious businessman Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), who brings Charles a suggestion he cannot refuse. Anniston desires to hire Charles’ basement for the summer season, and in return, he’ll pay Charles sufficient cash to clear his money owed for good. Sounds candy, proper? However why is Anniston so hell-bent on renting Charles’ basement specifically? What nefarious deeds is he really plotting? Primarily based on the trailer, it appears to be like like a cage is concerned, and that may by no means be good.
The Man in My Basement was co-written by Latif and Mosley, and is ready to make its premiere on the 2025 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. It is distributed by Andscape, previously often known as The Undefeated, a Black content material studio that’s a part of the ESPN portfolio and likewise creates content material for the Walt Disney Firm.
Along with Hawkins and Dafoe, The Man in My Basement additionally stars Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jr., Pamela Nomvete, and Tamara Lawrance.
Following its premiere at TIFF, The Man in My Basement comes to pick theaters Sept. 12. It hits Hulu and Disney+ this fall.
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