‘The Man in My Basement’ Trailer – Willem Dafoe Invades Corey Hawkins’ Home Next Month
Why is Willem Dafoe in Corey Hawkins‘ basement? Find out when The Man in My Basement opens in select theaters on September 12 before hitting Hulu and Disney+ this fall. But first, the psychological thriller will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. In the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, […]
Why is Willem Dafoe in Corey Hawkins‘ basement?
Find out when The Man in My Basement opens in select theaters on September 12 before hitting Hulu and Disney+ this fall.
But first, the psychological thriller will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
In the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (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 (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.
Nadia Latif makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with Walter Mosley, based on Mosley’s 2004 novel of the same name.
Hawkins and Dafoe star alongside Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr., Pamela Nomvete, and Tamara Lawrance.
The Man in My Basement is produced by Andscape, the Disney-owned Black content studio. Dave Bishop (Possessor, Clown in a Cornfield) is among the producers on the project.
