Blumhouse just can't catch a break these days when it comes to how critics react to their films. All but one of their 2024 releases were universally panned by movie pundits, with James Watkins' Speak No Evil being the exception. 2025 hasn't been so hot, either, as Wolf Man was yet another divisive release from the famed production studio, and it seems that trend is continuing with their latest horror offering, The Woman in the Yard.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, The Woman in the Yard stars Danielle Deadwyler as Ramona, a grieving widow who must care for her children all by herself in a rural farmhouse. One day, a lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on the family's front lawn without explanation and warns them, "Today's the day." Like most Blumhouse movies, the premise seems interesting, but according to its recently revealed Rotten Tomatoes score, The Woman in the Yard...