5. We Are What We Are
Remaking an obscure Mexican horror movie from 2010 that was barely seen in the English-speaking world on its release gives a filmmaker a certain amount of leeway - for one thing, the chances of anyone comparing it to the original is slim to none. Fortunately for American director Jim Mickle, the end result for his remake of We Are What We Are stands as an exemplary example of how to craft something original and challenging from someone else's material, giving it a distinct look and feel and, perhaps more importantly, fitting it neatly into a new context. On paper it sounds like a conventional horror movie about a cannibalistic family, but We Are What We Are rises well above B-movie horror aesthetics and offers a compelling commentary on the way in which extreme views are indoctrinated into families and a chilling coda hinting at the continuation of a bloodthirsty tradition.