The Woman In The Yard Review (2025)

After losing her husband in a car accident, Ramona and her children (Taylor and Annie) are startled to find a woman dressed in black sitting motionless in their yard. Upon her attempt to discover who the woman is and what she wants, the woman says cryptic and unsettling things to Ramona, before displaying her bloody hands. Growing tired of his mother’s inaction to eradicate the woman in the yard, Ramona’s eldest child, Taylor, grabs a fire poker and runs out to the car to try and get help. Unfortunately, the car doesn’t start which results in more animosity and tension between the family, leading to Taylor’s decision to grab his deceased father’s rifle in an attempt to coerce the woman to leave their property. Upon raising the rifle to the woman’s head, she explains to Taylor that his mother had lied to him about how his father had died and that she was to blame.

After explaining herself, Ramona and the children find themselves being attacked by the malevolent spirit of the woman in the yard. Trapped in the attic, the woman manifests herself and takes Annie with her to the ‘other side’. This results in some flashbacks with Ramona and her husband and then a sequence where Ramona is the woman in the yard. In the final act, the woman in the yard reveals that she’s Ramona’s prayer. Every morning since the fatal accident, she has been praying for the strength to carry on. The woman in the yard tries to convince Ramona to kill herself and shows her how her children will be better off without her. The movie ends in a very anti-climactic fashion, but there is one scene at the very end that is left deliberately ambiguous which could make the movie a little more interesting if you let your mind wander down the dark path.