‘The First Purge’ Trailer Teases the Violent Origin Story

Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures have released the first official trailer for The First Purge.

This is the fourth film in the popular horror franchise, which began in 2013 with filmmaker James DeMonaco’s twist on a home invasion thriller: in the world of The Purge, one night a year in America all crime is legal, including murder.

This premise was twisted further in the next two films, but now The Purge 4 serves as a prequel, showing us how this all began.

Gerald McMurray, the director behind last year’s Burning Sands and associate producer on Fruitvale Station, steps …

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