The Man in My Basement
2025 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 5.5 · 46% critics
Down on his luck, a man agrees to rent out his basement to a mysterious stranger. What starts as a financial lifeline quickly turns into an unsettling, psychologically tense situation with ominous conditions and lingering dread.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-09-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 46/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (63 votes)
About
You may like it if you’re drawn to slow-burn psychological dread and big, unsettling themes in a tight domestic setting; Not for you if you want a fast, clearly explained thriller like Vanishing on 7th Street or Play Dead.
Pros: eerie premise; solid performances; unsettling mood | Cons: slow and uneven; plot holes; confusing payoff
Themes
- based on novel or book
- pretentious
Cast & crew
Corey Hawkins
as Charles Blakey
Willem Dafoe
as Anniston Bennett
Anna Diop
as Narciss Gully
Jonathan Ajayi
as Ricky Winkler
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
as Clarence Mayhew
Pamela Nomvete
as Irene Littleneck
Tamara Lawrance
as Bethany
Brian Bovell
as Brent Blakey
Lizzie Lomas
as Extine Blandford
Mark Arnold
as Wilson Ryder
Directed by Nadia Latif