The Woman in the Yard review – uncanny chiller loses its way
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.
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3 hours ago
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11 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
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