The Woman in the Yard

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The Woman in the Yard

PG-13

Released Mar 28

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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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With striking imagery, The Woman in the Yard honorably tackles mental health issues but withers in delivering the horror it purports.

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Dwight Brown

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Can creep out an audience but is less deft with freak-me-out horror.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 15, 2025

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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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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

An intriguing character study about grief, isolation, and troubled family legacies is buried beneath genre cliches in this lumbering atmospheric thriller.

Aug 29, 2025

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Matthew Koss

The Wandering Screen (YouTube)

Stylistically and tonally, The Woman in the Yard works. I just wish there had been more substance to the story.

Rated: C

Aug 17, 2025

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Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

THE WOMAN IN THE YARD is a psychological horror movie that might seem very simple on the surface. However, in order to truly enjoy and understand it, you have to look beyond what’s shown and understand what’s being told.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 11, 2025

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Chia

The Woman in the Yard (2025) is more of a psychological character study and an allegory for grief and depression than a typical ghost story. It offers eerie visuals and a memorable central performance, but its unsettled pacing and murky storytelling may leave some viewers wanting more.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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Hadiyah O

Loved the moral of the story. But it was marketed as a horror film and it was not.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/23/25

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Chris

Not a good story line

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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deondre

great movie, great acting, good plot with subpar execution of said plot

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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Brittney C

This movie was really good. It had some jump scares and made you think. I really enjoyed it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Dairellie B

not what I expected. not scary enough

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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Danielle Deadwyler

Ramona

Okwui Okpokwasili

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Russell Hornsby

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Peyton Jackson

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Estella Kahiha

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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: Homegrown Pictures, Blumhouse Productions
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
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 15, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.4M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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