Sci-fi Talk

Tony revisits the haunting 2013 Sundance breakout We Are What We Are, a slow‑burn horror drama that redefined the cannibal‑family subgenre with emotional depth and atmospheric dread. The film — now streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Roku Channel (as of July), Tubi, Fawesome, and Pluto TV — remains a landmark in modern American horror. Tony speaks with the filmmakers and cast who shaped its unsettling world: Nick Damici — co‑writer and cast member Jim Mickle — director Bill Sage — Frank Parker, the patriarch Julia Garner — a rising talent whose performance signaled a major career ahead Set against relentless rain and rural isolation, We Are What We Are follows the Parker family as they cling to a ritualistic, generational secret. Mickle and Damici’s adaptation of the Mexican original transforms the story into a meditation on grief, faith, and the terror of inherited duty. SAVE 17% ON PLUS