The Woman in the Yard

There is definitely a woman in the yard

3.6 - I expected this to be horrible, & it was just bad, so I guess that’s a win?

There’s definitely more to the story than the trailer implied, & Danielle Deadwyler holds down her lead role well. But a messy story & an extreme lack of effective scare moments still make it more of a disappointment than worthwhile.

It’s a movie that feels like it thinks it’s much smarter than it is. And it’s really just more bleak than anything else. There’s a decent amount of creepiness early, but so many scenes drag on way too long & the character actions get overly repetitive. Then it starts getting into psychological & reality questions & pretty much fully loses its way. (Never mind that it’s also so darkly lit you can’t see much of the second half clearly.) And then ends up being mostly recycled trauma horror tropes in the end with an ending that wants to be ambiguous & really isn’t.

If you want a short horror for a date night maybe this is the move (at least that was 90% of my crowd), but I think there’s many better options out right now.

In between like and love! It was very sad but I like that it really makes you think and is somewhat (?) ambiguous (imo the ending was made pretty clear but I suppose it could be left up to interpretation). I feel like the low ratings are just bc people didn’t understand it 😭

idek what i watched i was lost towards the end… there’s def a metaphor i’m missing here

The story is minimal and psychological, focusing less on plot and more on emotional descent. The woman in the yard isn’t just a threat—she represents depression, & suicidal ideation. Her presence mirrors the main character’s inner struggle.

Good cinematic and acting. But that’s about it. Script was horrid.