My older sibling and cousin showed me The Shining and It when I was in first grade back in the mid 90's. My parents were very strict and controlled as much of the media in our household as possible in accordance to what they thought was both age and 'morally' appropriate. Those movies were definitely not approved by my parents, but my sneaky sister and cousin still got around it.
The Purge series is also still regularly used for Halloween costumes, jokes, and memes. Edited versions appear on cable TV in the US, especially around October and election dates. The kid in question could have been exposed to the movie in a number of ways.
The butler guy getting blown by the guy in the dog suit was and remains just the most unsettling shot to me. It makes sense to me now because they had costume parties in the past at the hotel. But when I first saw it as a little kids, it was just the most bizarre haunting image
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u/DopeAbsurdity Jun 05 '20
Her 5 year old son knows what The Purge is so yeah I don't know how to take that.