Great news, horror fans: another beloved property is headed to TV. It won’t be a throwback to older source material like Bates Motel, The Exorcist, or Hannibal, but instead something that’s still got some relatively fresh blood running through its veins: The Purge.

The first installment in this young but beloved franchise bowed only three years ago, but already it’s proven to be a reliable performer at the box office. The films require a relatively minuscule budget, and so far, each installment has brought in more than the last—so why not give it a go on the small screen? And in an interview with CinemaBlend, Purge writer/director James DeMonaco said a TV adaptation could actually be coming very soon.

Per DeMonaco, it sounds like a deal is being hammered out—and in the meantime, the director laid out a rough sketch of what fans could expect to see once this grisly property makes the move. The basics? About 10 hours, with multiple story lines interweaving through flashback. A TV show, DeMonaco noted, brings with it a lot more time to delve into narrative complexities and character motivations that movies tend to truncate.

What might be interesting in a TV show is with a flashback narrative, if you start on Purge Night, but you go back to show how people have gotten to where they are. Where you see a couple that’s gone haywire on this night, but let’s show everything that’s led up to this moment of a husband trying to kill a wife—the cheating, or the accusations of cheating, or money problems. It will be interesting to show those arcs, those dramatic and complex arcs that get people to where they pick up a gun or a knife and kill someone else. I think there’s something cool that we can do with the real estate of TV—10 hours, potentially.

Interesting! So far, the films—like most in the horror genre—tend to be economical in their character development, concentrating most of their energy on carnage. Some of the film’s diehards might not be particularly enthralled by the idea of story-oriented character development, but if a bucket or two of blood get poured on top, there’s probably nothing to fear. Besides, with Bates Motel heading into its final season next year, horror TV devotees might soon be craving a show that delves into the twisted backstories behind twisted deeds. A Purge series could be just the remedy.