‘The Woman in the Yard’ Trailer and Poster Warn Not to Let Her In

Up next from director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan, The Shallows) is the Universal & Blumhouse thriller The Woman in the Yard, and the first trailer has arrived to give an ominous peek at the eerie title character.

The Woman in the Yard releases in theaters on March 28, 2025.

Watch the new trailer below, which sees a lone, strange woman shrouded entirely in black as she appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them “today’s the day.”

Danielle Deadwyler (Till, The Harder They Fall, The Piano Lesson) as “Ramona, a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband (Russell Hornsby; BMF, Fences). Seriously injured, Ramona now must care for their 14-year-old son (Peyton Jackson; Respect, American Refugee) and 6-year-old-daughter (Estella Kahiha; Will Trent, BMF), alone in her rural farmhouse. Then one day the woman takes form in their yard.

“Ramona assumes the woman (Okwui Okpokwasili; The Exorcist: Believer, Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) is lost or demented, but as the woman creeps nearer and nearer to the house, it becomes clear she is no ordinary figure and her intentions are anything but peaceful. Now Ramona must rally to protect herself and her children from the grasp of the woman who simply won’t leave them alone.”

Collet-Serra directs the film written by first-time feature screenwriter Sam Stefanak.

The new thriller also marks a reunion between Collet-Serra and Deadwyler, who collaborated on action thriller Carry On. Deadwyler is best known for 2022’s biopic Till and the Western The Harder They Fall. On the horror front, the actor also appeared in A24’s I Saw the TV Glow. Deadwyler isn’t just starring, she also executive produced the film alonside Collet-Serra, Gabrielle Ebron, Scott Greenberg and James Mora. Jason Blum and Stephanie Allain serve as producers.