Based on the novel of the same name by Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif, who co-wrote the script with the author, crafts an occasionally stirring and messy directorial feature debut with The Man in My Basement . It’s difficult to manage deep themes with slow-burn horror; the film’s attempts are only occasionally successful. The horror mystery is more of the latter, laying the groundwork for intriguing questions about one’s responsibility to keep ancestral artifacts from falling into the wrong hands or being sold out of a desperate need for money. It's a story that is strong in theme but not in execution.

For Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins), he’s been given a choice. Charles is down on his luck; his mother passed away and he had to live with and care for an abusive uncle. He’s got no money an

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