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The Woman in the Yard (2025) - REVIEW - [ENGLISH-SPANISH]@maaasha261d

When I sat down to watch The Woman in the Yard I was expecting some supernatural horror thing because you see that photo of the woman covered with the black veil sitting in the yard and you expect it to be pure terror. Although the movie has its moments and Danielle Deadwyler does a pretty good job with the main character, this isn't the type of horror you expect when you see it's a Blumhouse production but these people don't want to climb out of the hole with movies like Imaginary and Night Swim that were pretty mediocre and now this. Director Jaume Collet Serra presents a story about Ramona, a widowed mother living with her two kids on a farm away from everything, she has to carry the death of her husband which was a car accident where she also got hurt, the kids are almost taking care of themselves because mom is so deep in her depression that everything is a total disaster but she doesn't do anything to fix it because she's in her pain. One day this mysterious woman appears sitting in the house's yard, dressed completely in black with a veil covering her face, and she stays there sitting without moving looking towards the house all day, Ramona goes out to talk to her but the woman knows too much about her life and tells her things that scare her a lot, then she goes back to the house and tells the kids not to worry that the lady will leave at some point but the truth is the woman starts getting closer and closer to the house as the hours pass.

Cuando me senté a ver The Woman in the Yard yo esperaba una vaina de terror sobrenatural porque uno ve esa foto de la mujer cubierta con el velo negro sentada en el patio y uno se espera que sea terror puro. Aunque la película tiene sus momentos y Danielle Deadwyler hace un trabajo bastante bueno con el personaje principal, este no es el tipo de terror que uno espera cuando ve que es una produccion de Blumhouse pero es que esta gente no quiere salir del foso con pelis como Imaginary y Night Swim que fueron bastante mediocres y ahora esto. El director Jaume Collet Serra presenta una historia sobre Ramona, una madre viuda que vive con sus dos hijos en una granja alejada de todo, ella tiene uqe cargar con la muerte de su esposo que fue un accidente de carro donde ella también salió herida, los niños casi que se están cuidando solos porque la mamá anfa tan metida en su depresión que todo es un desastre total pero ella no hace nada para arreglarlo porque está en su dolor. Un dia aparece esta mujer misteriosa sentada en el patio de la casa, vestida completamente de negro con un velo cubriendo su cara, y se queda ahi sentada sin moverse mirando hacia la casa todo el dia, Ramona sale a hablar con ella pero la mujer sabe demasiado sobre su vida y le dice cosas que la asustan muchisimo, entonces regresa a la casa y les dice a los niños que no se preocupen que la tipa en algún momento se va a ir pero la verdad es que la mujer empieza a acercarse cada vez más a la casa conforme pasan las horas.

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The older son Taylor is a typical horror movie teenager, he's mad at mom all the time although here I understand him because his mom is being total shit to them, the truth is he tries to take care of his little sister Annie and do everything mom should be doing but she's upstairs in her room watching videos of her dead husband over and over without paying attention to her kids. The movie is super slow for like an hour where it's just watching that lady sitting outside moving a little bit closer to the house and the family inside looking through the windows wondering what the hell this woman wants. At some point Taylor grabs his dad's rifle and goes out to confront the woman in the yard because he's fed up and the woman tells him his mom is lying to him about the night his father died and when he tells Ramona about this she finally admits the truth and that's where a flashback of that fatal night appears, turns out Ramona and her husband fought because she wasn't happy with her life on the farm, she tells him she moved there but didn't want to, that she's not happy taking care of the kids and the animals and all that stuff he wanted for the family, the husband tries to talk but the woman keeps fighting and she's the one driving and she sees the veiled woman in the rearview mirror and gets distracted and that's when the accident happens.

El hijo mayor Taylor es un adolescente tipico de peliculas de terror, está molesto con la mampá todo el tiempo aunque aquí lo entiendo porque su mama está siendo una mierda total con ellos, lo cierto es que el trata de cuidar a su hermanita pequeña Annie y de hacer todo lo que la mamá tiene que hacer pero ella está arriba en su cuarto viendo videos de su esposo muerto una y otra vez sin prestarle atención a sus hijos. La pelicula es super lenta psa como una hora donde solo es ver a la tipa esa sentada afuera moviendose un poquito mas cerca de la casa y a la familia adentro mirando por las ventanas preguntandose que carajo quiere esta señora. En algun punto Taylor agarra el rifle de su papa y sale a enfrentar a la mujer en el patio porque ya está harto y la mujer le dice que su mamá le está mintiendo sobre la noche que murió su padre y cuando el le dice a Ramona sobre esto ella finalmente admite la verdad y ahí es donde aparece un flashback de esa noche fatal, resulta que Ramona y su esposo pelearon porque ella no era feliz con su vida en la granja, ella le dice que se mudó allí pero no queria hacerlo, que no es feliz cuidando a los niños y los animales y todo eso que el queria para la familia, el esposo trata de hablar pero la caraja sigue peleando y ella es la que va manejando y ella ve a la mujer del velo en el espejo retrovisor y se distrae y allí ocurre el accidente.

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Here the movie starts revealing what's happening and that veiled woman isn't any ghost or anything supernatural, she's a physical manifestation of Ramona's depression and her suicidal thoughts, the woman is there because Ramona called her, she prays every day asking for strength but it's not strength to move forward but strength to end her life and leave her kids completely orphaned, what a crazy woman. After that everything gets very messy with dreams, flashbacks and changes where you don't know what's real and what isn't, you see Ramona in the yard woman's place, you see shadows attacking the family inside the house, there's a scene where it looks like Ramona stabs her daughter but it turns out to be just a pillow, everything is confusing and hard to follow because they're throwing too much information at you in too little time without giving you a chance to catch anything. The part that screwed me up was when the yard woman confronts Ramona and tells her today is the day, that she asked for help to end everything and she's there to give her that help, Ramona asks if her kids will be okay without her and the woman lights a lighter and passes it in front of some photographs on the wall that magically change showing the kids as adults being successful, happy, graduating from college, having good careers, all because their mother killed herself and left them alone, here the movie is telling you things will be better if she commits suicide and that seemed super irresponsible and in bad taste as a message for a movie.

Aqui la película empieza a revelar lo que está pasando y la mujer esa del velo no es ningún fantasma ni nada sobrenatural, es una manifestación física de la depresión de Ramona y sus pensamientos suicidas, la mujer esta ahi porque Ramona la llamo, ella reza todos los dias pidiendo fuerza pero no es fuerza para seguir adelante sino fuerza para terminar con su vida y dejar a sus hijos huérfanos completamente, que mujer tan loca. Ya después todo es muy enredado con sueños, flashbacks y cambios que uno no sabe que es real y que no lo es, ves a Ramona en el lugar de la mujer del patio, ves sombras atacando a la familia dentro de la casa, hay una escena donde parece que Ramona apuñala a su hija pero resulta ser solo una almohada, todo es confuso y dificil de seguir porque te estan tirando demasiada informacion en muy poco tiempo sin dar chance de agarrar nada. La parte que me jodió fue cuando la mujer del patio confronta a Ramona y le dice que hoy es el dia, que ella pidió ayuda para terminar con todo y ahi esta para darle esa ayuda, Ramona pregunta si sus hijos van a estar bien sin ella y la mujer prende un encendedor y lo pasa frente a unas fotografias en la pared que magicamente cambian mostrando a los niños de adultos siendo exitosos, felices, graduandose de la universidad, teniendo buenas carreras, todo porque su madre se mató y los dejo solos, aquí la película te está diciendo que las cosas van a ser mejores si ella se suicida y eso me pareció super irresponsable y de mal gusto como mensaje para una pelicula.

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The scene cuts and everything looks normal and you think the lady decided not to kill herself and that she beat her demons and for a moment I was thinking how good not to see that depressing ending they seemed to be heading for but then it seems like it's a dream and the happy ending isn't real, she did kill herself, the kids are orphaned and all that embrace with the electricity and the dog coming back was just her last thought before dying or some twisted version of purgatory. When it ended I sat there thinking seriously, they're going to do this to me after almost redeeming the movie for a second, they're going to give me hope that this mother chose to stay with her kids who need her and then tell me no actually she shot herself and left them alone on a farm in the middle of nowhere where they were already having a hard time with her alive imagine now without any parent, that seemed super fucked up to me and not in the good horror sense that makes you uncomfortable, but in the sense that it made me genuinely angry at the movie for sending that kind of dark message without any type of redemption or fight against those thoughts. At least the performances are good in this movie, Danielle Deadwyler does an incredible job with a super difficult character to play because she has to show pain, guilt, anger, fear, depression all at the same time and she does it very well even though the character is so unpleasant it's hard to feel empathy for her.

La escena corta y todo se ve normal y uno cree que la tipa decidió no suicidarse y que venció a sus demonios y por un momento yo estaba pensando que bueno no ver ese final deprimente que parecía que iban a hacer pero entonces parece que es un sueños y el final feliz no es real, ella si se mató, los niños estan huerfanos y todo ese abrazo con la electricidad y el perro regresando fue solo su ultimo pensamiento antes de morir o alguna versión retorcida del purgatorio. Cuando terminó yo me quede ahi sentada pensando en serio, me van a hacer esto después de casi redimir la película por un segundo, me van a dar esperanza de que esta madre eligió quedarse con sus hijos que la necesitan y luego me van a decir no en realidad se pegó un tiro y los dejo solos en una granja en medio de la nada donde ya estaban pasándola mal con ella viva imagínate ahora sin ningún padre, eso me pareció super jodido y no en el buen sentido de terror que te hace sentir incomodo, sino en el sentido de que me hizo enojar de verdad con la película por mandar ese tipo de mensaje tan oscuro sin ningún tipo de redención o lucha contra esos pensamientos. Por lo menos las actuaciones son buenas en esta película, Danielle Deadwyler hace un trabajo increible con un personaje super dificil de interpretar porque tiene que mostrar dolor, culpa, enojo, miedo, depresion todo al mismo tiempo y ella lo hace muy bien aunque el personaje sea tan desagradable que es dificil sentir empatia por ella.

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I think this movie works better when you watch it as a psychological drama about mental health than as a horror movie, the real horror here isn't the yard woman but that suicidal idea and how depression can convince you everyone would be better off without you when that's completely false, the message could have been powerful if they had handled it differently, if they had shown Ramona fighting against those thoughts and choosing to stay for her kids it would have been something inspiring. I really didn't like this movie it's unpleasant and it's not that I'm too sensitive or can't handle dark content, I've watched super depressing and disturbing movies that I've loved because they have something to say or make you reflect but this felt like exploiting a super serious subject without giving it the respect it deserves. My score for The Woman in the Yard is 5/10 and that's being nice because of Danielle Deadwyler's performance, the message is irresponsible, the pace is too slow, the ending is confusing and depressing without giving any positive message about overcoming your inner demons, I don't recommend this movie at all for me it was crap. Blumhouse needs to do better things because they keep putting out mediocre movies with questionable messages and it's not working for them at all and The Woman in the Yard is another example of this.

Creo que esta peli funciona mejor cuando uno la ve como un drama psicológico sobre salud mental que como una película de terror, el terror real aqui no es la mujer del patio sino esa idea suicida y como la depresión puede convencerte de que todos estarían mejor sin ti cuando eso es completamente falso, el mensaje pudo haber sido poderoso si lo hubieran manejado de otra manera, si hubieran mostrado a Ramona luchando contra esos pensamientos y eligiendo quedarse por sus hijos habria sido algo inspirador. Esta peli de verdad no me gustó es desagradable y no es que yo sea demasiado sensible o que no pueda manejar contenido oscuro, he visto pelis super deprimentes y perturbadoras que me han encantado porque tienen algo que decir o te hacen reflexionar pero esto se sintio como explotar un tema super serio sin darle el respeto que merece. Mi puntuación para The Woman in the Yard es 5/10 y eso siendo buena gente por la actuacion de Danielle Deadwyler, el mensaje es irresponsable, el ritmo es demasiado lento, el final es confuso y deprimente sin dar ningun mensaje positivo sobre superar tus demonios internos, no la recomiendo para nada esta peli para mi fue una cagada. Blumhouse necesita hacer mejores cosas porque seguir sacando peliculas mediocres con mensajes cuestionables no les esta funcionando para nada y The Woman in the Yard es otro ejemplo de esto.

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Horror movies have existed for many years and each time they continue to bet on bringing out new productions with different effects and terror, no doubt each time they are the same. Beyond that, it is true that some are very good, and it is here where a new director managed to recreate a film of this genre in a very different way and really did it very well and thus share different elements, a terror that causes much impact and the suspense of knowing what will happen in it. With only a short time of its release, I could not stop watching it and see something different these days.

The film is known as The Woman in the Courtyard, which lasts less than an hour of production and is developed to create that fear, suspense and to cover everything in that short time, unlike other films that have a lot of filler in order to cause that fear. This time we will see a woman who suffered a very strong accident and from that moment her life changed completely by having a great injury in one of her legs and that is why she is limited to do several things, in addition to her children and you can notice in the film each of these responsibilities that a mother assumes and even if she can not do something, she will always give the best of her, until everything changes when she sees a black woman and this is where we wonder: Will she be bad, will she take revenge and many other things that come out.

Las películas de terror han existido por muchos años y cada vez siguen apostando en sacar nuevas producciones con distintos efectos y terror, sin duda cada vez son lo mismo. Más allá de eso si es cierto que algunas son muy buenas, y es aquí donde un nuevo director logro recrear una película de este género de una manera muy distinta y de verdad que lo hizo muy bien y así poder compartir elementos distintos, un terror que causa mucho impacto y ese suspenso de saber qué podrá pasar en la misma. Con tan solo poco tiempo de su estreno, no podía dejar de verla y así ver algo distinto en estos días.

La película es conocida como La mujer del patio, donde dura menos de una hora de producción y está desarrollada para crear ese miedo, suspenso y poder abarcar todo en ese corto tiempo, a diferencia de otras películas que tienen mucho relleno para así poder causar ese miedo. Esta vez veremos a una mujer la cual sufrió un accidente muy fuerte y a partir de ese momento su vida cambió totalmente por tener una gran lesión en una de sus piernas y por eso se limite a poder hacer varias cosas, además ciudad a sus hijos y se puede notar en la película cada una de esas responsabilidades que asume una madre y por más que no pueda hacer algo, siempre dará lo mejor de ella, hasta que todo cambia al ver a una mujer negra y es aquí donde nos preguntamos ¿Será mala?, ¿Tomará venganza? y muchas otras cosas que van saliendo.

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Everything develops in a very slow way and little by little we realize the role that the woman in black has and this is where the touch of terror enters the film, which covers the supernatural themes in a very good way and not only that, but it takes revenge and allows to cause that fear and even more when it is a child because of the fear. In addition, it is a film that is developed in a place where civilization is somewhat scarce for being on a farm and that allows to cause even more fear to know that many things can happen there and no one will notice and this is the difference from other horror movies.

Todo se va desarrollando de una manera muy lenta y poco a poco nos damos cuenta ese papel que tiene dicha mujer de negro y es aquí donde entra ese toque de terror en la película, la cual abarca los temas sobrenaturales de una manera muy buena y no solo eso, sino que está va tomando venganza y permite causar ese miedo y más aún cuando se trata de niño por el miedo. Además, es una película que es desarrollada en una un lugar donde la civilización es algo escasas por ser en una granja y eso permite causar aún más miedo al saber que puede ocurrir muchas cosas allí y nadie se dará cuenta y es aquí la diferencia de otras películas de terror.

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This great horror film has very few characters, however, those who are there do it in an incredible way and manage to get into that role of terror and see how their lives are at risk and it is here where this mother's role as protector is perfect and at the same time deal with depression and that terrible memory she carries. As also the woman in black, in the first instant I saw her I thought she was someone who was disguised with that big robe and brings a lot of value to it, however, things are different and she is someone who has demons and it turns out that suspense of how she gets there begins.

Cuenta con muy pocos personajes esta gran película de terror, sin embargo, los que están allí lo hacen de una manera increíble y logran meterse en ese papel de terrorífico y ver cómo sus vidas están en riesgo y es aquí donde esta madre su papel como protectora es perfecto y a la vez lidiar con la depresión y aquel terrible recuerdo que lleva. Como también la mujer de negro, en el primer instante que la vi pensé que era alguien que estaba disfrazado con esa gran bata y le aporta mucho valor a la misma, sin embargo, las cosas son otras y es alguien que tiene demonios y resulta que ese suspenso de cómo llega allí comienza.

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It is a very simple film, but it really manages to cover each of the issues in the best way and thus to do something different in the horror genre, which maintains that style of demons, revenge and at the end to create that great fear to viewers, it is also an installment that ends in a way that allows further progress in the story and thus to take a second part of the same or simply continue to use that woman in black in other films of this style. So folks, if you're looking for something scary to have a good time, don't pass this one up.

Es una película muy sencilla, pero de verdad que logra abarcar cada uno de los temas de la mejor manera y así poder hacer algo distinto en el género de terror, la cual mantiene ese estilo de demonios, venganza y a la fina poder crear ese gran miedo a los espectadores, además es una entrega que termina de una forma que permite seguir avanzando en la historia y así poder sacar una segunda parte de la misma o simplemente seguir usar a esa mujer de negro en otras películas de este estilo. Así que amigos, si estás buscando algo de terror para pasar un buen momento, no dejes pasar esta.

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While it is true that the proposals in horror films have been varied since the beginning of the film industry, it is also true that little by little they have been running out of oxygen, beyond some films that periodically generate a positive impact, most of them end up being forgotten. I think that one of the problems that horror films have nowadays is not precisely the conception and proposal of the film as such, but that the audience has been losing sensitivity over time and in that sense we have also lost the ability to be surprised as we did before.
It is impressive how in previous times we were absorbed by the horror scenes of the movie, it was as if the producers already knew the perfect formula to scare us and to leave us the perception in our minds that the movie was worth it, unfortunately that has been lost over the years and in that sense new proposals have become necessary. An interesting case is precisely the film “The woman in the yard”, which was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, a very interesting name since he was the architect of films that were left to remember as House of Wax, Orphan and The Shallows, so it is clear that we are talking about a person with a hardened career.

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“The woman in the yard” takes us to a farm somewhere in the USA, there lies a mother and her two children, this family recently went through the tragedy of suffering a car accident in which the father lost his life. Ramona (the mother), struggles with the memory of having lost her husband and with the difficult situation of supporting her family from the economic point of view and with a badly injured leg, which made her unfit for many of her daily tasks.
One morning, while having breakfast, one of the boys observes through the window a woman dressed in black sitting on a chair outside the house, he warns his mother who, puzzled, like her children, decides to go out to find out who this woman is and what her intentions are. The woman dressed in black remains motionless and with her face covered, being this a great reason to suspect that she is someone dangerous or that she does not have good intentions. Ramona tries to chase the woman away, but she warns her that the day has come, and well, we would later find out what she meant with that.
The truth is that as the minutes go by we will realize the supernatural nature of the woman in black, she can manipulate the leftovers as long as she has access to them, the woman tries to harm them all over the house and even tries to take one of the children, but not only because she is evil, but it seems that there is a pact in between, it is as if she were making a claim.

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One of the things that makes this film distinctive, is that from the first moment it showed us the supernatural element without necessarily surprising or scaring us, at once it tells us the problem is the woman in black, but that what is interesting is the background of her appearance and that Ramona is not necessarily a victim of a demon from another world and that is something we do not always see, so it is important that you see the film to understand exactly what I mean.
The film enjoys good performances and good special effects, the latter was perhaps not very necessary, but everything related is very well done. The development of the story gradually opens doors and gives us clues to the possible causes of the appearance of the woman in black and also gives us an ending that can be interpreted in different ways. For me it is a film that fulfills its function quite well and although it will probably not be memorable, I will always keep it in mind as one that gave us a different proposal.
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The Woman in the Yard: Universal Pictures

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

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