Hulu has shared a trailer for The Man in My Basement, the upcoming adaptation of Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel from director Nadia Latif.
The psychological thriller stars Corey Hawkins as Charles, a man who agrees to rent out the basement of his ancestral home to the mystery businessman Anniston (Willem Dafoe) to avoid it facing foreclosure and pay off off his debts. But he soon regrets his decision when he comes to the realisation he has let in a force far darker than he imagined. Check out the trailer below…
In the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey 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 (Willem 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.
The Man in My Basement is coming to theaters and Hulu in the fall.
