The Woman In The Yard (2025) --My Take On The Movie With Ending Spoilers!
Plot: When a strange woman appears in their yard, a family of three must find a way to protect themselves from her warnings.
Today is the day...that you will try to figure out just what the ending of this movie means.
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD has an interesting premise and could have been chilling. Unfortunately, it focuses a little too much on the main character, Ramona, and not enough on the woman in black who wants to spook the family.
While the story is about Ramona and the aftermath of the car accident, the script doesn't include enough scenes to portray her frustration and depression. It's frustratingly secretive about where the story is headed and the resolution is unsatisfactory.
The trailer was so promising. The actual movie is a bit disappointing.
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD Movie Plot Summary
The movie opens with a man's voice in the background, talking about naming the house. He wants to know more about Irises. The camera then moves to David, who is in bed with Ramona, who is taking the video.
Ramona has lost her husband, David, in an accident and now keeps watching the same video on a loop. She has two kids, Taylor and Annie.
Taylor, the eldest, has undertaken the household responsibilities, including cooking breakfast for everyone. He comes in and informs Ramona that the power has gone out. Ramona barely registers surprise and tells him it will be back on later in the day.
Taylor's version of scrambled eggs contains Doritos, which makes Ramona finally break into a smile. They all talk about how to go on with their day without video games, since there is no power, and how to open the refrigerator less so that the food doesn't go bad.
Ramona is lost in her thoughts about her accident and David when Taylor announces that there is a strange woman outside in the yard. Ramona peeks out, and sure enough, a woman wearing black clothes and a veil is perched on a chair.
She instructs Taylor to stay indoors while she hobbles outside. Their dog Charlie, who was chained outside after puking indoors, keeps barking.
Ramona calls out to the woman, and at first, the woman is confused and asks how she got there. Her voice then changes and is unperturbed when Ramona threatens to call her husband. The woman knows he is dead.
She then reveals her bloodstained hands and says that today is the day. Ramona thinks she's a nutcase and walks away in a hurry. She goes inside and says that the woman is probably an escapee from a mental institution. Taylor wants more information about how to get rid of her and who they need to call. Ramona reminds them that they can not call anyone. Annie is scared, so to cheer her up, Ramona removes the ice cream from the freezer, claiming they need to finish it before it spoils.
Taylor isn't interested in that and wants to know why the woman is getting closer.
Ramona decides to bring Charlie in but finds the chain but no dog. She suspects the woman but doesn't want to spook the kids. She also tries to start the car so that she can charge the phone, but it doesn't work.
Taylor gets into an argument with Ramona at not being able to do her job and leaving it to him to do everything. She flings stuff at him, and Taylor thinks she's going insane.
He decides to confront the woman, but before that, he locks Ramona in a room and tells Annie not to open it.
Taylor takes a rifle and heads out to confront the woman. The woman in black pretty much scoffs at him because he isn't as adept with the gun. She also uses her shadow to flick the wind chimes behind him, which spooks him.
He threatens her, but the woman tells him that his mother didn't tell him the truth about the accident.
Ramona tries to desperately get out of the locked room, but the door doesn't budge. The doorknob falls off on the other side, and she calls Annie to help her, but her daughter is confused as to whether to listen to her brother or mother.
Eventually, she fits the doorknob back, but just as Ramona opens the door, Taylor is back inside.
He demands to know about the accident because Ramona implied that David had crashed the car. She finally reveals the truth about that night.
David and Ramona are at dinner when she tells him that she isn't happy with the move and being away from her friends and job. She is sick of not taking care of her own personal needs and doesn't want to go ahead with the move anymore.
Eventually, she gets up and goes out. She calls for the car and then gets in. David gets in, too.
As they drive, Ramona looks at the rear view mirror and is distracted by a figure that looks like the woman on black.
She is so distracted that she doesn't see the car coming right towards her.
Taylor is upset while Annie begins to notice that as the sun is descending, the shadows are getting longer. The woman's shadow hands get longer and play with the furniture and lights inside. Annie calls out, and Taylor and Ramona finally stop arguing.
The woman causes a ruckus in the house and throws things about. Ramona and the kids head to the attic where the woman comes up behind them to scare them.
The sun has set now.
The woman reveals her scarred face, and as she frightens the kids, Ramona finds herself in the woman's position.
She finds herself in the yard, sitting in the place of the woman and asking how she got here. Ramona is not Ramona as she approaches her and taunts her.
She then finds herself in the attic, taking the woman's place once again as she assures Annie that everything is fine.
Ramona tells the woman that she can have her, but to let the children go.
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD Ending Explained
The children leave, but before they go, Annie gives her stuffed toy to Ramona for protection.
Ramona is in the house when the woman tells her that she is the one who called her to help her through her grief. And that is by committing suicide.
She shows Ramona how better off the kids would be without her through photos. Her kids graduate, marry, and are happy.
Ramona takes the shotgun and looks at the stuffed toy Annie gives her as the woman disappears.
In the next scene, Ramona is exiting the house and calling out to the children.
They all embrace, and the kids ask what will happen when the woman returns. Ramona assures them that she will be ready.
As they head inside, the camera shows the name Iris Haven and then shifts to the painting at the window of an abstract woman's face. On the painting is the name Ramona, which is written backward.
The movie ends.
Final Thoughts About The Movie
The ending is open to multiple interpretations.
Did Ramona decide to give her life another chance and decide to fight back against the woman who represented her grief?
Or did she kill herself, and what we see is the afterlife? After all, the dog does return, and the power comes back on even though Ramona did not pay the bill.
The fact that the name is written backward on the painting suggests that Ramona has entered a mirrored life where things are the opposite of the real world.
The house finally has a name, and she has found the time to paint.
This explanation makes a little more sense, but since we don't have a clear-cut ending, the ending could still mean something else entirely.
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