The Purge movie series has rapidly grown into one of the most popular and profitable horror franchises in Hollywood, with the fifth film, The Forever Purge, now hitting theaters. The plot? Just a few colorfully dressed people doing their best to murder one another like usual. But somehow director of BYU’s Honor Code Office, Kevin Utt, saw insights from the film that could be applied to our university.

“I bought tickets for Boss Baby, but I guess I walked into the wrong theatre and ended up watching the newest Purge movie instead,” explained Utt. “Yet, I still walked away inspired and full of ideas. Amazing.” 

“The Purge” franchise takes place in a near-future world with rising crime rates, unemployment, and social unrest. In response, citizens are given twelve hours once a year of complete freedom to commit whatever crimes they please.

Now Utt is applying the same method to the notorious BYU Honor Code, proposing a twelve-hour block for students to be free of campus punishments. 

While unlikely to be approved, one can only imagine such a splendid day of open shoulders, patchy beards, and same-sex frontal hugs. What would you do with your twelve hours? And don’t say hunt Cosmo for sport, because we’ve already claimed that task.