We interview Come to Daddy star Elijah Wood and director Ant Timpson about the inspiration for the film and its ability to bend genres.

On the heels of our exclusive poster debut yesterday, Saban Films has debuted the first trailer for Come to Daddy -- the insane new genre-bending thriller that's been delighting festival audiences all year. Eljah Wood stars as Norval, a seemingly soft and easily scared man-boy who sets out to reconnect with his long-estranged father at his remote cabin and discovers they just don't like each other very much at all. He discovers a lot more too, but this movie's twists and turns are its greatest pleasures (well, that and the pitch-black streak of absurdist …

One of the wildest and crowd-pleasing movies I caught on the festival circuit this year was Come to Daddy. The bonkers new comedy-thriller from filmmaker Ant Timpson stars Elijah Wood as a sensitive and snobby artboi who receives a letter from his long-lost father and heads to a remote cabin for a bit of long-overdue father-son bonding. Trouble is, once he gets there all he gets is an earful of insults and thinly veiled mutual dislike, delivered by a deliciously on-fire Stephen McHattie, who makes every moment a barbed blow of assholery. And that'…

You better strap in when you sit down for Come to Daddy, because the directorial debut from Turbo Kid and Deathgasm producer Ant Timpson is an elusive, endlessly shocking thrill ride. Built around some brutal daddy issues and finding the cracks in broken relationships where something new can flourish, Come to Daddy is always zigging when you expect it to zag, with tongue firmly in cheek and heart proudly on its sleeve (whether that's a heartfelt moment or just a bit of arterial spray depends on the scene.) Elijah Wood stars as Norval, an awkward and effete thirty-something …