Nope. Done better. Actors did the best they could with nil.

*****This contains SPOILERS******** It's the age old, demon wants a human body to inhabit so it impregnates people story....just it's been done so much better, this is a bit of a pathetic attempt.I wouldn't say the acting was bad exactly, perhaps it was the script and direction that caused the lack of atmosphere, and the inability to relate to any of the characters due to their entire lack of personality.It is such a loose story, girl sells soul, demon impregnates girl, girl kills herself. Girl haunts previous home for a number of years...demon does nothing until some random real estate woman arrives who can't have kids...so the demon kills her and goes after her sister....why? Apparently we don't need to know why.We are informed very loosely that the sisters have no family, and a somewhat strained relationship, seems they have no friends either.I will commend the actress who played Vera for her passive aggressive portrayal, even though we are given no reason as to why she is so bitter.Also what is with the adoptive mother at the end who appears to ignore her child's ability to change channels telepathically; who allows a total stranger into her home to be alone with her daughter, then doesn't even notice when they leave until about 15 minutes later...also how does she find them so easily....Can I also ask why Vera waited 6 years, then turned up to murder her demon spawn with what looked like a kitchen knife tucked in her pants...??? To end, the child looks at her real mother(Vera)with black eyes, yet Vera chooses instead of death,this demon child should be loved by her so kidnaps her....wait, what? I really don't get how or why this film was made. Garbage.

Interesting Visuals in this Familiar Story of the Devil's Spawn Highlight this Above Average Horror. There is Something to This Movie, an Attraction that is Infectious. But there is a Major Problem that Makes this a Less than Satisfying Journey Into the Paranormal.The Movie Jumps Timelines Consistently but Never Manages to be Anything but Confusing. The Main Characters are Indistinguishable At Times and it's Hard to Get a Handle on What and to Whom Things are Happening. The Story is Let Down by Indecipherable Ingredients Rendered in Obscure Observations that are Key to the Supernatural Elements.The Connectivity of Events is its Greatest Failing. But there is Enough Genre Creepiness and Powerful Presentations to be of Interest. The Devil Doings are Scary and Most of this is Fresh Enough to Recommend.Director/Writer Nicholas McCarthy's Second Film and He Shows Much Promise and One Guesses there are Better Things to Come. Continuity Problems Aside, this is Worth a Watch for Horror and Occult Fans.

Taken on their own, there are a lot of little things to like about "At the Devil's Door." It's competently directed, but not flashy. There are some really nice creature make up effects. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least two visuals creepy enough to remember two days later. At least one jump scare worked for me because it came out of nowhere.The problem is, none of these things really add up to anything special. "At the Devil's Door" suffers from something I just made up: Handful-of-Interesting-Visuals Disease, or HIV for short. Wait … that may already be taken. Whatever. HIV is where a filmmaker suddenly musters enough inspiration to come up with a neat shot or two, but then doesn't have much else to build around them. What this movie lacks is likable characters, believable dialog, a coherent timeline of events and — when all is said and done and the credits start to roll — a story worth telling. The story jumps from character to character all willy-nilly, never giving us the chance to get to know any of them. Months, then years, go by with the flash of a title card. Once, for no particular reason, the movie jumps backwards in time. Words spill from character's mouths with little thought as to why they are saying them or what they actually mean. There's a bit of clever misdirection at one point in the story, but the reveal doesn't really mean all that much because nothing happens due to the protagonist having the wrong information. It's just there for to make the audience go, "oh." I'm shaking my head; that's just bad writing. While I'm generally a fan of backdrop horror … that is, scary stuff going on in the background of scenes … this movie relies on it almost exclusively. I don't have enough fingers to count out the number of times we get a shot of something in the foreground while scary stuff goes on just out of focus. Or, the trick where a character walks by a window or mirror and there's something standing there. These are occasionally accompanied by music stings, but only when the character happens to notice whatever it is. I'm also not sure the ending of this movie makes a whole lot of sense. It certainly isn't satisfying, but it may also be completely nonsensical.All in all, not a waste of time, but not exactly a great way to spend it, either.