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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pu...

Directed By: Nicholas McCarthy

Written By: Nicholas McCarthy

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Midnight
  • 1 h 31 m

At the Devil's Door

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pu...

Directed By: Nicholas McCarthy

Written By: Nicholas McCarthy

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
47
13% Positive
1 Review
88% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
47
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88% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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75
Sep 12, 2014
The movie is so consistently moody, and so focused on driving you towards a gut-punch finale, that even valid complaints seem negligible in retrospect.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 25, 2014
At the Devil’s Door (which premiered at SXSW last spring under the title “Home”) ends up too tentative and underdeveloped, playing like an attenuated prologue for a bigger film.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 25, 2014
At the Devil's Door goes right up to the threshold of being an interesting possession saga but never truly gets inside.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 9, 2014
In his second feature, McCarthy shows he's mastered the things we already know scare us onscreen; next, how about something we don't expect?
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 8, 2014
An accumulation of dread in search of a properly fleshed-out screenplay to sustain it, the film plays like a show reel for writer-director Nicholas McCarthy's considerable craft.
By Abhimanyu Das FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 11, 2014
Lacks the potent scares and exploitative elements to truly please genre fans. But its thematic ambition and well-crafted elements mark the filmmaker as a talent to watch.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 26, 2014
At The Devil’s Door is a frustrating display of craft desperately searching for purpose.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
7.8
79% Positive
19 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4% Negative
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User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
7.8
79% Positive
19 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
4% Negative
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Production Company Varient, Candlewood Entertainment, XYZ Films
Release Date Sep 12, 2014
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline It's looking for a home.
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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