
With PARTY MONSTER directors Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE) rework their 1999 shockumentary into a feature film Based on the book by James St James PARTY MONSTER tells the lurid tale of Michael Alig (Macauley Culkin) a self-made party promoter who made a big splash in New York City nightclubs in the 1980s & early '90s Told in shifting perspectives between Alig & James (an utterly fabulous Seth Green) the film recounts the events that eventually landed Alig in jail for manslaughter The story begins like so many others an innocent fresh-faced Midwesterner arrives in New York City with dreams of superstardom & after a brief bit of struggling Michael turns his fantasy into a reality Soon the confident youngster is the toast of the town throwing parties at the infamous Limelight for owner Peter Gatien (Dylan Mc Dermott) But eventually he succumbs to drug abuse & paranoia which climaxes in the murder of his drug dealer Angel (Wilson Cruz) Bailey & Barbato recreate this wild moment in history with glee & they pack their film with enough celebrity firepower (Chloe Sevigny Natasha Lyonne Marilyn Manson) to glamorise the story even further