James DeMonaco, the creator and director of The Purge, expresses his disbelief at the immense success and popularity of the horror franchise. Despite working on the script for a decade, he had reserved expectations for the first film and never anticipated it becoming a genre juggernaut.
for a decade and didn’t entirely believe it might be a massive hit. He definitely didn’t see it becoming a genre juggernaut franchise., DeMonaco, who is both the creator and director of The Purge, talks about his expectations for the first film being quite reserved.
“I never thought it would play in any multiplex across the country when I wrote it. This franchise is 10 years old, but the idea of the movie is 20 years old. And when it was conceived, we thought it would just play at the Angelika [Film Center]. That was it. We thought it would be this tiny indie horror thriller, and I didn’t think it had any mainstream appeal.” DeMonaco mused, ”I think we counted 80 passes because the script was so anti-American.
In addition to finishing that script, DeMonaco has been working on an original ”heavy horror” movie with SNL star Pete Davidson called
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