Last year, the theater was home to The Blumhouse of Horrors, a haunted house created by producer Jason Blums film-production team that attracted rave reviews and capacity crowds. This year, starting Sept. 27, Blumhouse invites horror fans to experience The Purge: Fear the Night, inspired by the backstory to the feature film.
In this new type of horror-theater, guests become delegates to the annual convention of the New Founding Fathers, the dystopian governing party of a near-future America, in which all crime is legal once a year for 12 hours.
Were building on what we learned and taking it to the next level, Blum said. This experience goes way beyond theater or movies or even haunted houses its a full night of entertainment that lets people explore all six floors of this incredible building on their own, and suffer the consequences of their decisions.
To create The Purge: Fear the Night, Blum has teamed with directors Josh Randall and Kristjan Thor, founders and creators of the phenomenally successful Blackout haunted house in New York and L.A.
Once delegates are inside, their experience begins in the grand theater of the New Founding Fathers Headquarters. There, they will participate in the annual Founders Convention which is held each year on Purge Night. But delegates will quickly discover that not all Americans believe in the Purge, and that the intense opposition can have frightening, even deadly, consequences.
As they explore, delegates may find themselves complicit in the shocking acts undertaken by a warped government directly threatened by hostile dissenters or intrigued by the mysterious lives of elected officials. Politicians, patriots, dissidents and traitors will directly engage delegates, who will be encouraged to interact with their surroundings and take their own time discovering the long-hidden, carefully guarded secrets of Purge Night and the New Founding Fathers of America.
Tickets to the six-week exclusive run of The Purge: Fear the Night are limited in supply to preserve the guest experience. The length of a visit is up to each guest, but is expected to last between 90 minutes and 2½ hours.
Admission to The Purge: Fear the Night starts at $65, and is open to anyone 18 years of age or older. Tickets will be distributed on a timed-entry basis, and are available beginning today at www.purgelive.com. Tickets will also be available at the box office of the 89-year-old Variety Arts Theater, located at 940 S. Figueroa St., on a space-available basis.
You can check out a trailer for the event in the player below:
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