A Purge for Trump's America.

The origins of Purge night are detailed in this Blumhouse prequel. Read the Empire review.

Race, violence and inequality in contemporary America are tackled in this gruesomely entertaining horror prequel

Staten Island becomes a metaphor for Trump-era oppression in Gerard McMurray's silly but meaningful prequel.

Are you feeling great?

This Purge origin story presents a timely dystopian vision of America’s class, race and culture wars.

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There will be blood.

As the nation skids toward totalitarianism, "The Purge" franchise grows ever more plausible

’The First Purge’ is a schlock horror about scary masks and glowing eyes, but it’s also an incisive satire about losing our shared humanity.

The Purge prequel’s Trump jabs are thuddingly obvious—which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

It’s pretty good if you’re not averse to caricatures, predictable twists, and lots of familiar B-movie tropes.