Unlike other hits to come from Blumhouse over the past decade, “The Purge” started as a simple, but clever horror franchise and morphed into a political satire that mixes over-the-top violence and imagery with a very serious message. And according to the director of the franchise’s finale, “The Forever Purge,” which arrives later this year, […]
Continue readingThere’s a whole other layer beneath first-time director Tyler Taormina’s apparently realist coming-of-age dramaFirst-time feature director Tyler Taormina has dreamed his way into a very strange and intriguing film: a Gen-z reverie about life and fate, somewhere between The Prom and The Purge. The film never behaves as if it is anything other than a […]
Continue readingBlumhouse is developing “Our Lady of Tears,” a film based on a recent article about a mass hysteria epidemic that spread through an all-girls boarding school.Issa López (“Tigers Are Not Afraid”) is set to write and direct the film. The project is an adaptation of a story published by Epic Magazine and Vox and written […]
Continue readingThe title of the next Purge sequel has been revealed, and it’s pretty fitting: The Forever Purge. It’s as if the makers of the film realized that we’re already trapped in a never-ending nightmare, and they might as well take advantage of that with this title. The Purge is usually set on the one night […]
Continue readingPolice in Crowley, Louisiana have issued an apology for using the siren heard in “The Purge” to signal the 9pm local time curfew that has been put into effect in the city because of the coronavirus outbreak (via NME). The curfew prohibits citizens from leaving their homes between the local hours of 9pm and 6am. […]
Continue readingA group of college kids on a St. Paddy’s Day bar crawl get caught in the middle of a Body Snatchers-style alien invasion in the new trailer for Into the Dark: Crawlers, the latest installment in the Hulu anthology series. Described as a monthly horror event series, each “episode” of Into the Dark is actually […]
Continue readingThe Purge TV series is headed towards its season finale, and the show is bringing back a familiar face: Ethan Hawke. Hawke starred in the first Purge movie, and he’ll be returning as his character James Sandin for a cameo in the season 2 finale. Hawke’s character bit the dust in the original movie, but […]
Continue readingSo far, The Purge film franchise and TV series have only explored what happens on the night when all crime (including murder) is legal for 12 hours. But the teaser trailer and plot description for the upcoming second season of The Purge TV series looks to explore a storyline that hasn’t yet been covered. What […]
Continue readingJust when you thought you’d seen it all, The Purge season 2 trailer debuts courtesy of the USA Network and reminds you there are still some surprises left. The trailer for the second season of the TV series based on the film franchise of the same name arrived this week. With it came the promise […]
Continue readingThere’s a fascinating mix of creatives involved with the new mysterious social thriller, “The Hunt.” The project comes from Jason Blum, the producer of “Get Out” and “The Purge” series, and Damon Lindelof, co-creator of the TV series “The Leftovers” and “Lost,” and director Craig Zobel known for “Compliance” and the 2015 Sundance hit “Z […]
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