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The Man In My Basement (2025)

The Man In My Basement poster
Original title
The Man in My Basement
Directed by
Nadia Latif
Genre
thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 70 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man is drawn into a strange arrangement when a wealthy stranger offers to rent the basement of his house for the summer. As the visitor's true intentions become unclear, a tense power struggle unfolds between them.

suspensefulclaustrophobictenseunsettlingslow-burnmysteriousdarkpsychological

What happens

The Man in My Basement is a 2025 thriller film directed by Nadia Latif (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Latif and Walter Mosley, based on Mosley's 2004 novel. It stars Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop and Tamara Lawrance. The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in select theaters on September 12, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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