The First Purge is a 2018 American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and starring Y'Lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis , Mugga, Joivan Wade , Luna Lauren Velez , Kristen Solis and Marisa Tomei . The fourth installment in The Purge franchise , the film is a prequel depicting the origins of the first annual "Purge", a 12-hour spree (7 PM to 7 AM) once a year, in which all crime in America is legal. Written and produced by James DeMonaco , it marks the first film of the series not to be directed by him.

Hereditary is a 2018 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ari Aster , in his feature directorial debut. It stars Toni Collette , Alex Wolff , Milly Shapiro , Ann Dowd , and Gabriel Byrne , and follows a family haunted after the death of their secretive grandmother. Hereditary premiered on January 21, 2018, in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival , and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018. It was acclaimed by critics but generated a polarized reaction on the mainstream audience.