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Forbes
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Horror Thriller ‘The Woman In The Yard' Is New On Streaming
Okwui Okpokwasili in "The Woman in the Yard." The Danielle Deadwyler horror thriller The Woman in the Yard has made its debut on digital streaming. The Woman in The Yard was released in theaters on March 28. The summary for the film reads, 'A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family's front lawn without explanation and warns them, 'Today's the day.' Where did she come from? What does she want? When will she leave? Only The Woman in the Yard knows.' Rated PG-13 The Woman in the Yard also stars Russell Hornsby, Estella Kahiha, Peyton Jackson and Okwui Okpokwasili as the title character. The Woman in the Yard is new on digital streaming Tuesday via premium video on demand on a variety of digital platforms, including AppleTV, Fandango at Home and Prime Video. The film is available to purchase on PVOD for $24.99 and rent for $19.99 for 48 hours. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, The Woman in the Yard is the latest collaboration between Jason Blum's horror movie studio Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures. The irony is that the film's screenwriter, Sam Stefanak, came from the world of comedy. However, there was a lasting image that existed in Stefanak's mind throughout his years of writing — and it wasn't funny. 'For years I had this image in my head of a stranger sitting in a chair outside a window, staring at a house in the middle of nowhere,' Stefanak told Filmmaker Magazine in a recent interview. 'I didn't really know what to do with it — I didn't know what it meant, who that person was. So, that image just sort of sat there. I was writing comedy; I was in a bunch of Netflix rooms, I thought I was a comedy writer. 'Whatever this image was, I knew it was something sinister. I could feel that,' Stefanak added. 'And I think it's worth mentioning that it was a man in a chair wearing a big, wide-brim hat. I guess I was imagining Reverend Kane, the villain from Poltergeist 2, to be quite honest.' The Woman in the Yard has earned $20.3 million in North American theaters and nearly $700,000 internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $21 million to date. The film had a production budget of $12 million before prints and advertising costs, Deadline reported. The film earned a 43% 'rotten' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 61 reviews and a 47% 'rotten' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings. The Woman in the Yard is new on PVOD on Tuesday.
Forbes
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Horror Thriller ‘The Woman In The Yard' Gets Digital Streaming Date
Okwui Okpokwasili in :The Woman in the Yard." The Woman in the Yard — a horror thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler — is coming soon to digital streaming. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and produced by Blumhouse Pictures, The Woman in the Yard was released in theaters on March 28. The summary for the film reads, 'A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family's front lawn without explanation and warns them, 'Today's the day.' Where did she come from? What does she want? When will she leave? Only The Woman in the Yard knows.' Okwui Okpokwasili also stars in The Woman in the Yard as the title character, alongside Russell Hornsby, Peyton Jackson and Estella Kahiha. The Woman in the Yard is expected to be released on Tuesday, April 15, on digital streaming via premium video on demand, When to Stream reported. While When to Stream's PVOD reports are typically accurate, the streamer tracker noted that that The Woman in the Yard's studio, Universal Pictures, has not announced or confirmed the release date and it is subject to change. The Woman in the Yard's 18-day theatrical debut-to-PVOD window falls in line with the release pattern of previous Universal Pictures PVOD releases including Wolf Man, which arrived on PVOD on Feb. 4, 18 days after its release in theaters on Jan. 17. The Woman in the Yard is already available for pre-order on PVOD for $24.99 on Prime Video, which is also the film's digital purchase price. Since digital rentals typically run $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent The Woman in the Yard when it becomes available for $19.99 for 48 hours. The Woman in the Yard has earned nearly $16.7 million in North American theaters and more than $438,600 internationally for a worldwide box office take of $17.1 million to date. The production budget for The Woman in the Yard was $12 million before prints and advertising, Deadline reported. The Woman in the Yard earned a 46% 'rotten' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 54 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film reads, 'The Woman in the Yard has plenty of spooky promise in its premise and a committed performance from Danielle Deadwyler, but the story's heavy-handed metaphor leaves little room for scares or surprise.' The film also had a 46% 'rotten' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 500-plus verified user ratings. The audience summary on RT reads, 'With striking imagery, The Woman in the Yard honorably tackles mental health issues but withers in delivering the horror it purports.' Rated PG-13, The Woman in the Yard is expected to arrive on PVOD on April 15.
The Guardian
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Woman in the Yard review – uncanny chiller loses its way
In horror, as in most film genres, simplicity is power, and the lean initial premise here is as potent as it gets. One morning, a motionless, black-shrouded woman (Okwui Okpokwasili) appears on a chair in the garden of the isolated farm of widowed Ramona (Danielle Deadwyler) and her two children, Tay (Peyton Jackson) and Annie (Estella Kahiha). And while the mysterious figure remains seated and still, she seems to be getting closer. The inexorable, creeping chill of this uncanny game of What's the time, Mr Wolf? dissipates almost entirely, though, during a convoluted third act in which the story ties itself in knots and the audience becomes too baffled to remember to be scared. In UK and Irish cinemas
Forbes
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
When Is Horror Thriller ‘The Woman In The Yard' Coming To Streaming?
Okwui Okpokwasili in "The Woman in the Yard." Universal Studios The Woman in the Yard — a horror thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler— is new in theaters. When will viewers be able to watch the film at home? Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Carry-On) is rated PG-13. The official summary for The Woman in the Yard reads, 'A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family's front lawn without explanation and warns them, 'Today's the day.' Where did she come from? What does she want? When will she leave? Only The Woman in the Yard knows.' Starring alongside Deadwyler (Till, The Piano Lesson) in The Woman in the Yard are Russell Hornsby, Estella Kahiha and Peyton Jackson. Okwui Okpokwasili also stars in the title role In The Woman in the Yard. Currently, the only way you can see The Woman in the Yard is in theaters, so check your local listings for showtimes. When The Woman in the Yard comes to home video, the first place it will be available will be on digital streaming via premium video on demand. The Woman in the Yard is a Universal Pictures release. Typically, there's a one-month to six-week window between the release of the studio's films in theaters and their arrival on PVOD. For example, Universal's blockbuster hit Wicked, arrived on PVOD on Dec. 31, 2024, just shy of six weeks after its Nov. 20 release date. In addition, Nosferatu, released by Universal Pictures subsidiary Focus Features, debuted on PVOD on Jan. 21, just a few days shy of a month after the film's Dec. 25, 2024, release in theaters. There are instances when a Universal film debuts on PVOD much quicker. Universal's horror thriller Wolf Man debuted on PVOD on Feb. 4, 18 days after its release in theaters on Jan. 17. If The Woman in the Yard follows the same one-month-to-six-week release pattern as Wicked and Nosferatu, then viewers can expect the film to arrive on PVOD anytime between April 29 and May 13 since new movie releases on digital streaming tend to come out on Tuesdays. However, if The Woman in the Yard takes the 18-day route to PVOD like Wolf Man, then viewers can expect to purchase or rent the film on digital streaming on April 15. Typically, new film releases on PVOD run anywhere between $19.99 to $29.99 to purchase and $14.99 to $24.99 to rent for a 48-hour period. New PVOD releases are generally available on a variety of digital platforms including AppleTV, Fandango at Home and Prime Video. Since The Woman in the Yard is a Universal Pictures release, the film will make its streaming video on demand on Peacock, which is NBC Universal's streaming platform. Peacock's streaming packages range from $7.99 per month or $79 per year with ads and $13.99 per month or $139.99 yearly without ads. Generally, it takes new Universal Pictures (and its subsidiaries) releases anywhere from two to four months to debut on Peacock after they premiere in theaters. Nosferatu, for example, arrived on Peacock on Feb. 21, just shy of two months after its Dec. 25, 2024, release, while Wolf Man is set to arrive on the streaming service on April 18, just over two months after it debuted in theaters on Jan. 17. Wicked, however, didn't arrive on Peacock until March 21, just over four months after it opened in theaters. Since the film was a blockbuster hit in theaters and a hot awards season film, Universal no doubt opted to push back its PVOD and SVOD releases since the film was such a big film in theaters. As such, if The Woman in the Yard follows the same release pattern as Nosferatu and Wolf Man — two other horror films, coincidentally — then viewers can expect the film to arrive about two months from now. That would place the SVOD release date anywhere from May 23 to May 30, since new film releases on Peacock generally come out on Fridays. The Woman of the Yard is new in theaters.
The Guardian
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Woman in the Yard review – pared-back horror is Grandma's Footsteps: The Movie
Sometimes a single image is enough to carry a film so far. This pared-down Blumhouse chiller opens with a brisk, detailed overview of the disarray that a remote rural fixer-upper has fallen into since the death of a paterfamilias. No power; no food in the cupboards; a bereft, incapacitated mother (Danielle Deadwyler) leaving two children to fend for themselves; cracks in the plasterwork offering their own doleful commentary. Then, one morning the lingering spectre of absence is compounded by an unignorable presence: a huddled figure in mourning garb (Okwui Okpokwasili) who appears on a chair in the backyard, and over a single day moves gradually ever closer to the property. That's the image – as unnerving for us as it is for the characters – and there's your elevator pitch: Grandma's Footsteps: The Movie. Sam Stefanak's script is at its strongest when leaning into the folkloric. The fact that that this house is unplugged from the wider world registers as both plot point and mission statement. Spanish genre specialist Jaume Collet-Serra precisely establishes where the woman sits in relation to the house, and cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski's sunny images approach an uncanny Andrew Wyeth beauty – although we're mostly indoors looking out, as the yard woman proves less significant in herself than for the reactions she provokes. If the obvious reading is that this interloper represents unaddressed grief, Stefanak complicates matters by yanking at unravelling threads: the mother's stitches and sanity; a dog's chain. It's not just the woman who is shifting. For an hour or so, it's intriguing; we don't know where we stand exactly, and there's an awful lot in the air. It settles shruggingly, however, and some of what is being juggled – Black Mirror-ish psychology, Us-like shadow selves – is revealed as decidedly secondhand. Collet-Serra paints over some of the third-act problems with style, but key elements go awol as we pass back-and-forth through the looking glass, not least basic clarity. Deadwyler remains credibly frazzled, pushed towards monstrousness in ways that will be familiar to anyone who homeschooled during Covid, and the bundled figure closing in on her is genuine nightmare fuel. Yet the rest of this hotchpotch never matches it, and flails in trying to explain it away. The Woman in the Yard is out on 27 March in Australia, and 28 March in the UK and US.
