The Woman In The Yard Review: A Haunting Premise Quickly Dulls In A Shadowy Slog That Left Me More Drained Than Scared

Blu-Ray Review: The Woman in the Yard

Rating: 1.5 out of 5. Despite missing The Woman in the Yard in theaters and hearing many mixed reviews, I remained hopefully optimistic—after all, director Jaume Collet-Serra made two of my favorite horror films in Orphan and House of Wax. With Jason Blum producing and BAFTA-nominee Danielle Deadwyler in the lead role, surely it had to be worth a watch. Unfortunately, a barebones script from Sam Stefanak and an annoying, abusive lead character m…

The Woman In The Yard Review: A Haunting Premise Quickly Dulls In A Shadowy Slog That Left Me More Drained Than Scared

Isolation can be a key fear factor in horror movies, especially when the story that unfolds is accompanied by characters that draw the audience in. That pull of intrigue, because of the characters involved, is exactly what drew me into The Woman in the Yardwhen the movie began. The beginning sets up the dour mood of the story right away: not long after losing her husband in a car crash, an injured mother of two, Ramona (Danielle Deadwyler), is f…