The Woman in the Yard

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Danielle Deadwyler (Till, The Harder They Fall, The Piano Lesson) stars as Ramona, a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband (Russell Hornsby; BMF, Fences). Seriously injured, Ramona now must care for their 14-year-old son (Peyton Jackson; Respect, American Refugee) and 6-year-old-daughter (Estella Kahiha; Will Trent, BMF), alone in her rural farmhouse. Then one day the woman takes form in their yard. Ramona assumes the woman (Okwui Okpokwasili; The Exorcist: Believer, Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night's Dream) is lost or demented, but as the woman creeps nearer and nearer to the house, it becomes clear she is no ordinary figure and her intentions are anything but peaceful. Now Ramona must rally to protect herself and her children from the grasp of the woman who simply won't leave them alone.

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The Woman in the Yard has plenty of spooky promise in its premise and a committed performance from Danielle Deadwyler, but the story's heavy-handed metaphor leaves little room for scares or surprise.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Simplicity is power, and the lean initial premise here is as potent as it gets... The inexorable, creeping chill of this uncanny game of What's the time, Mr Wolf? dissipates almost entirely, though, during a convoluted third act.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2025

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

Like a particularly concise, purposefully elliptical short story, The Woman in the Yard quickly milks this beguiling, WTF-is-going-on-here? scenario for all the dread it’s worth.

Apr 1, 2025

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Alison Foreman

IndieWire

Soaking his film in an atypical amount of sunlight, Collet-Serra forces the generally strong work of cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski into boring monotony.

Rated: C-

Mar 31, 2025

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Steve Greene

IGN Movies

More unsettling than outright terrifying, The Woman in the Yard is smaller-scale horror that works as a return to fundamentals for a talented filmmaker, and is further proof of Danielle Deadwyler’s immense skill as a lead performer.

Rated: 7/10

Apr 1, 2025

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Effectively scary but overly ambiguous.

Rated: B

Mar 31, 2025

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Matt Donato

Daily Dead

The Woman in the Yard is too transparent, too inevitable, and too paint-by-numbers for its 85-minute duration (despite depicting depression in meaningful ways).

Rated: 2/5

Mar 31, 2025

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Shardae P

Good plot and it wasn’t hard to follow or figure out, BUT I signed up for a HORROR film, not psychological thriller

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/02/25

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Karen S

It was a good and entertaining movie but its not a horror movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/02/25

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Mark II

A lot of different things happened that didn't seem to tie together at the end. The mother was portrayed as stupid, lazy, mean, and possibly insane.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Mikayla

Loved the concept of the movie. A thrilling and chilling movie that brings awareness. The length of the movie was perfect too. Executed the vision well without dragging out the movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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AVA748

Have no idea on what this movie was about. TERRIBLE

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Cory H

The story needed more background and details to care about the characters.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Synopsis

Danielle Deadwyler (Till, The Harder They Fall, The Piano Lesson) stars as Ramona, a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband (Russell Hornsby; BMF, Fences). Seriously injured, Ramona now must care for their 14-year-old son (Peyton Jackson; Respect, American Refugee) and 6-year-old-daughter (Estella Kahiha; Will Trent, BMF), alone in her rural farmhouse. Then one day the woman takes form in their yard. Ramona assumes the woman (Okwui Okpokwasili; The Exorcist: Believer, Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night's Dream) is lost or demented, but as the woman creeps nearer and nearer to the house, it becomes clear she is no ordinary figure and her intentions are anything but peaceful. Now Ramona must rally to protect herself and her children from the grasp of the woman who simply won't leave them alone.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Producer: Jason Blum, Stephanie Allain
Screenwriter: Sam Stefanak
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blumhouse Productions, Homegrown Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violent Content|Brief Strong Language|Bloody Images|Suicide-Related Content|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 28, 2025, Wide
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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