In “The Purge” movie series — about a fictional night when angsty Americans can commit any crime they want, including murder — revelers don freaky masks while they slash, shoot and loot.

For the past few years, Halloween-goers young and old have used the Purge franchise and its iconic, creepy, Instagram-worthy masks as their spooky-season inspiration. In a 2018 interview with the ...

But in The Forever Purge, our latest plunge into series creator James DeMonaco's cynical vision of real American carnage, all vestiges of coyness are gone. The masks are off, the violence is ...