Full Trailer for ‘The Man in My Basement’ Thriller Feat. Willem Dafoe

Full Trailer for ‘The Man in My Basement’ Thriller Feat. Willem Dafoe

by Alex Billington
August 15, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Why’d you choose my house?” “There’s some answers… you don’t need to know.” But I want the answers! I need to know! Hulu has debuted the full official trailer for an intriguing gloomy thriller movie titled The Man in My Basement, a chilling paranoia horror creation made by filmmaker Nadia Latif. Set to hit theaters first in September before it’s out for streaming on Hulu later this year. Charles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is now stuck in a rut, out of luck, and about to lose his ancestral home… when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent offers to rent his basement for the summer. He agrees to let this mysterious stranger into his basement, unaware he may be letting in a force much darker than he imagined. Watch out. The film stars Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe, with Anna Diop & Tamara Lawrance. It’s based on the book of the same name first published in 2004. The film was originally set to star Jonathan Majors, who was replaced after his assault conviction. I’m definitely curious about this story, mostly because I want to find out WTF is up with this weird guy & what he wants with Charles. Take a look.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Nadia Latif’s thriller The Man in My Basement, from YouTube:

You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Nadia Latif’s The Man in My Basement right here for the first look.

In the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, 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 & 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 & locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil. The Man in My Basement is directed by filmmaker Nadia Latif, making her feature directorial debut after working on the “Foresight” series. The screenplay is written by Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif; based on Walter Mosley’s book of the same name. Produced by Diane Houslin and John Giwa-Amu. Hulu will release Latif’s The Man in My Basement film in select US theaters starting September 12th, 2025 then on Hulu.

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