Horror filmmaker Nicholas McCarthy's sophomore feature pits two sisters against supernatural forces

Writer-director Nicholas McCarthy's "At the Devil's Door" is indie horror with an emphasis on mood over scares, and that's not always a bad thing.

In “At the Devil’s Door,” nothing good comes of selling your soul, especially when Satan is involved.

In “At the Devil’s Door,” nothing good comes of selling your soul, especially when Satan is involved.

A horror film so consistently moody, and so focused on driving you towards a gut-punch finale, that even valid complaints seem negligible in retrospect. 

Given what’s at stake here is apparently nothing less than the birth of the Antichrist, “At the Devil’s Door” ends up too tentative and underdevelope...