The 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.

Save your time and money. The movie is nothing like it is portrayed and is one big snooze fest.

I liked that this movie felt so full even though there was only 5 actors. There was many good parts and definitely speaks to certain aspects of grief and suicide. Not everyone will get this movie but those who do will like it.

5/10

it started off strong

this movie was beautiful. i dont think ppl understand this is a psychological horror movie abt suicide and grief. the woman represents ramona’s inner demon. the cinematography was amazing.