‘The Man in My Basement’ Rents Space as a Hulu Original on Sept. 26

When a mysterious man (Willem Dafoe) approaches Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) to rent his basement for a generous sum, Blakey is drawn into a chilling reality involving his own family’s hidden history in Nadia Latif’s adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel.

Directed by: Nadia Latif
Starring: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Tamara Lawrance
Written by: Nadia Latif, Walter Mosley
Rating: R
Running time: 115 minutes
Genre: Thriller
Theatrical Release: September 12, 2025
Streaming: Septermber 26, 2025>
Country: UK/USA
Studio: Hulu

Charles Blakey, an African American man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, out of luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent offers to rent his basement for the summer … unaware he may be letting in a force much darker than he imagined. Based on Walter Mosley’s nopvel.