The teaser trailer has dropped for The Man in My Basement, the long-awaited adaptation of Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel — and it’s giving eerie, intense, and layered.
Set in 1994 Sag Harbor, New York, the psychological thriller stars Corey Hawkins as Charles Blakey, a man teetering on the edge of foreclosure. Desperate to hold on to his ancestral home, Charles accepts an unusual offer from a wealthy, mysterious stranger named Anniston Bennet (played by Willem Dafoe): rent out his basement for the summer. What seems like a financial blessing turns into something much darker — spiraling into a twisted exploration of race, power, trauma, and morality.
Anna Diop co-stars as Narciss Gully, a local academic dedicated to preserving and uncovering African American histories — particularly those of Black women. Her research takes a turn when she meets Charles and discovers what’s hidden beneath his home.
Directed by Nadia Latif, The Man in My Basement is produced by Andscape, Disney-ESPN’s Black-led content studio, alongside Walter Mosley’s B.O.B. FilmHouse, Protagonist Pictures, and Good Gate Media. The film marks another collaboration between Hawkins and Diop, who previously starred together in 24: Legacy.
The Man in My Basement will stream exclusively on Hulu.