The Woman in the Yard

Blumhouse CAN be good or decent, but this is yet another one that makes me feel like they put meticulous research into finding out what are the most critically panned and disliked ingredients of their catalogue & then make new films out of them.

Sure, it's a competent enough film with one or two potentially compelling albeit overused themes, but it's also tiring, uninspired, tedious, flat, predictable, lukewarm & ultimately pointless and empty feeling.

It's rare for a movie that's under 90 minutes long to feel this very stretched out, and it's a damn shame that such weak scripts get greenlit with casts & crews that are too good for it.

The worst Jaume Collet-Serra flick, can only compete with "Black Adam" maybe.

This movie was trash! I really wanted to walk out the theater. I'm done with Blumhouse ... This crap was the last straw!

Blumhouse Productions has become a powerhouse in modern horror, churning out low-budget films that consistently turn a profit. However, while their financial model is impressive, the studio's approach to horror often lacks depth, originality, and genuine terror. Rather than crafting stories with meaningful narratives or psychological complexity, Blumhouse frequently resorts to predictable jump scares, recycled tropes, and shallow characters designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience.

This movie will scare you. That's for sure. But there isn't much to talk about with this movie. Because the plot is so bad that a 10 year old would have wrote better. Pretty much all you will get out of this movie is being scared. But the ending, as well as pretty much everything else besides being scared, falls short. This movie would have been better if it was 1 hour. It was 30 minutes too long. If you're ready to be bored for 30 minutes and then feel scared and bored for an hour, then come see this movie. The only reason I didn't rate this a 3 is because it's actually scary. And that's all it is, scary.

I had pretty high expectations for this movie, especially since it was developed by Blumhouse Productions. The trailer made it look promising, with a strong setting and setup, so I was eager to see it.

While there were some good moments, the movie overall felt slow. The story was lacking, with most of the film taking place on a single property. The only real change in setting came from a brief flashback. There was very little blood-far less than I expected from a horror film-so if you're squeamish, it's not overwhelming. However, for those hoping for a more intense experience, it might feel underwhelming.

There was no nudity, sexual content, or real violence, aside from a single gun appearing throughout the film. Surprisingly, it wasn't scary at all. I kept hoping for a moment that would really hit, but the movie just meandered and felt unfocused. While there were a few semi-creepy scenes, nothing truly frightening stood out. The execution felt a bit cheesy, and despite being a Blumhouse film, it seemed like a low-budget production.

Overall, this is just my opinion, but I'd recommend waiting until it's out of theaters to watch it at a lower cost. But hey, if you're curious, check it out and decide for yourself!

These are the reasons I rated it 3 stars.

A very straight forward title to a film that is a little too convoluted story wise. What starts as an interesting story about a broken family falls into a mundane plot that is saved by its third act. There are true elements of horror here, Okwui Okpokwasili plays the mysterious woman to an expert degree, and she truly carries the movie. The middle act of the film becomes a "trapped in a house" survival horror and this is where the plot really grinds to a halt.

The movie is saved by its resolution that has an interesting take on mental health, and an ending that is "open-ended" enough to keep you guessing on what exactly happened.