Young. Wild. Hungry.
Last year, Jim Mickle’s story of a family of cannibals swept
the festival circuit and horror world alike. Unbeknownst to most, his was but a
reinterpretation of Jorge Michel Grau’s Somos lo que hay. Translated to We
Are What We Are, the film is the story of a group of kids who are
forced to pick up where their father left off when he unexpectedly dies and
leaves them with the responsibility of providing for the family.
Knowing little about the film pre-viewing, I was excited to
see it on OnDemand the other night. While both the original and remake have
been on my radar for some time now, I was excited to get a chance to dig my
toes into the source material before seeing Mickle’s vision of the story.
