The Man In My Basement (2025)

Original title

The Man in My Basement

Directed by

Nadia Latif

Genre

thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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)

Trailer

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