The wait is over! The Toxic Avenger arrives in theaters today, and Troma fans can finally see writer-director Macon Blair’s fresh (but still gross, gory, and proudly unrated) take on the legendary cult franchise .

In a splattery movie with a lot going on—a sinister health-care megacorp that’s poisoning people and the environment; a hero with a terminal illness who transforms into a badass mutant; Elijah Wood as you’ve never seen him before; a nu-metal “monstercore” band that moonlights as assassins; another gang of assassins, this time with a preppy jock aesthetic; a kid who just really wants to dance; and more— The Toxic Avenger comes back to one important thing: the father-son relationship at its core.

io9 got a chance to talk to Blair and star Peter Dinklage earlier this

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