We have reached the date that the annual “Purge” night takes place each year in The Purge movie series, and given what’s been happening in the world lately, the day couldn’t have come at an eerier time.
Written and directed by James DeMonaco, The Purge was released in the summer of 2013 and stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, and Max Burkholder.
The 2018 prequel The First Purge goes back in time to 2014 when the deadly Purge night was first enacted by the fictional New Founding Fathers of America.
There have been multiple follow-up movies released in the years since to further expand the mythology of The Purge.