It’s no secret that The Purge films are as heavy with political commentary as they are with “the humans are the real monsters” cliches and buckets of gore. Like any good horror flick worth its salt, these films carry important messages regarding the current state of affairs in our American society. Such commentary is, after all, a horror tradition. (Consider the bleak stance on racism in the Civil Rights era offered by George A. Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead, or the Reagan-era class warfare and conformity of 1988’s They Live.)
The Purge films take place in a future where a far-right political faction called the New Founding Fathers of America has risen to power and ratified a 28th Amendment to the Constitution, sanctioning an annual night of uncontrolled violence and crime. While the given reason for the Purge is to curb violence for the rest of the year, subsequent films reveal it’s actually an excuse for eliminating poor and marginalized communities.
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The Purge films take place in a future where a far-right political faction called the New Founding Fathers of America has risen to power and ratified a 28th Amendment to the Constitution, sanctioning an annual night of uncontrolled violence and crime. While the given reason for the Purge is to curb violence for the rest of the year, subsequent films reveal it’s actually an excuse for eliminating poor and marginalized communities.
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