TROMA HEADS IN A NEW OLDER DIRECTION WITH DAVID KING’S PURGE!

(New York, NY) – Troma’s most recent acquisition stretches the boundaries of science-fiction and the age range of Troma’s audience! “I’m 64 and I loved PURGE!” exclaimed Lloyd Kaufman, Troma President and Creator of THE TOXIC AVENGER. “This film is really going to strike a chord with those of us who came of age during the revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s…who enjoy some good shit disturbing…who are part of my aging demographic!” An original creation of Australian writer-director David King, PURGE offers something previous youth-only-oriented Troma films have not: a point of identification for the Baby Boomer generation.

King spent his 1970s rebelling through a camera lens. Part of the legendary Melbourne Filmmakers Cooperative, King began making risky, experimental films while still a student at the Gordon Institute of Technology. His work has since drawn on the influence of Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, and Stanley Kubrick. This most recent result of his expertise, PURGE is an avant-garde work of art that uses commercials, interviews, and newscasts, along with a more traditional narrative, to fully engage the viewer in a world where genetic engineering trumps individuality and turns outcasts into criminals. “It will really resonate with those of us who are former hippies and student radicals and who were fans of avant-garde cinema,” stated King.

Traditional younger Troma fans need not worry, though. “The great thing about PURGE – well, one of the many great things – is that it’s still entirely relevant to the younger generations. It has the story and the action that will appeal to them,” explained Kaufman, “but, unlike THE TOXIC AVENGER which specifically targeted the under-30 crowd, PURGE offers a message that will also reach an older audience!”