Serra, "The Woman in the Yard" is instead a mediocre Blumhouse joint that tries the same strategy to no avail. That's disappointing coming from the guy who gave us the twisted "Orphan," but about what you'd expect from the dude who was also behind "Black Adam" and "The Commuter.

The Woman in the Yard is the new horror film from Blumhouse, the production company that has produced a string of cheap horrors after their brilliant success with Get Out (2017), and though its star Danielle Deadwyler gives the type of intense,