After three films, Purge creator James DeMonaco was ready to step away from the director’s chair to focus on other projects but agreed to stay on as screenwriter. What better way to introduce a new director (Gerard McMurray, fresh off his Sundance hit Burning Sands) to the franchise then by going back to the very beginning of the Purge to show how it all started?

Join Nick and Scott as they discuss THE FIRST PURGE, the highest grossing entry in the franchise, and get to the bottom of the horror behind a Staten Island social experiment that would become a nationwide annual event.

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