The Man in My Basement begins in the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, where Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition; rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good. Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil.

Directed by Nadia Latif, The Man in My Basement stars Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr., Pamela Nomvete and Tamara Lawrance. The film is based on the acclaimed novel by Walter Mosley (Devil in a Blue Dress, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), who co-wrote the script with Latif.

The Man in My Basement is released in movie theaters and simultaneously on Hulu in the Fall of 2025.