The Man in my Basement
© Brigade Publicity
In the African American neighbourhood of Sag Harbor, 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.
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
Welsh Connections
- Producer / Executive Producer: John Giwa-Amu
- Filming Locations: Carmarthenshire
- Funding: Ffilm Cymru Wales, Creative Wales and the National Lottery via the Arts Council for Wales.
Other Key Production Details
- Director: Nadia Latif
- Producer / Exec Producer: Len Rowles, Diane Houslin
- Writer: Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif
- Principal Cast: Willem Dafoe, Corey Hawkins, Brian Bovell, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Mark Arnold, Tamara Lawrance, Brooke Walter, Jonathan Ajayi, Pamela Nomvete, Kayla Meikle
Technical Details
- Running time: 115 minutes
- Language: English
- Certificate: 15
Release
- Date: 12th September 2025
Links
- Toronto International Film Festival – World Premiere
- Willem Dafoe Joins Nadia Latif’s ‘The Man In My Basement’ – Deadline
- ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘In the Heights’ star Corey Hawkins has landed the lead role in Andscape‘s ‘The Man in My Basement’ – Deadline
- Willem Defoe spotted in Cardiff while filming ‘The Man in My Basement’ – WalesOnline
- Review: The Man in My Basement review – Willem Dafoe is an unsettling guest in eerie psychodrama – The Guardian
- How Wales transformed into New England for Hollywood movie – Nation Cymru
Rightsholder: Andscape (currently not available for theatrical bookings)
