A rare example of a successful remake: Jim Mickle's 2013 'We Are What We Are' surpasses the 2010 Mexican original. The remake explores cannibalism through a new lens, focusing on the emotional impact on the daughters tasked with perpetuating their family's dark tradition.
Horror fans have seen a lot of poor English-language remakes. What was a brilliant, spine-tingling delight in another country will often get a not-as-good North American do-over, as studio execs hope an English-language version will strike box-office gold.
And while we could argue that everyone should expand their horizons by just watching the original versions, let’s instead highlight a rare example of an English-language remake that actually outshines its source material: Director Jim Mickle's 2013 version of the 2010 Mexican film We Are What We Are (or Somos Lo Que Hay). In the original, director Jorge Michel Grau approaches the subject of cannibalism with little compassion and, because of that, the majority of characters are fairly one-dimensional. Even the victims of his flesh-eating family (no last name is ever given) aren't really given much more than a second thought, aside from being the main course. But Mickle's use of young female leads (Julia Garner and Ambyr Childers) in the Parker family elevates the tension of the remake, as well as inviting sympathy for the daughters. 'We Are What We Are' Retains the Family but Changes the Gender Dynamic Role-reversal guides the majority of the changes in the overarching storyline of the remake. In both versions, a family suddenly loses the parent responsible for acquiring the human sacrifice needed for a yearly religious rite. While Grau chose the father to look after this grisly obligation, Mickle reimagines the Parker mother (Kassie Wesley DePaiva) as the one who shoulders the burden. Without this parent, the duties fall to the oldest children (sons in the original, daughters Iris and Rose in the remake), with this seemingly insignificant detail actually changing much of how the rest of the film plays out. Grau's family begins killing quickly after the demise of their father, while the Parker daughters are gutted by the prospect of taking over their mother's tas
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