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Mock-documentary about the New York clubbing scene in the early 1980s and early 1990s starring Macaulay Culkin as Michael Alig, a real-life club promoter notorious for his excessive lifestyle and drug taking. Alig, who moved to New York from Indiana while still in his teens, soon built up a mini-empire in the underground scene including his own record label, magazine and some of New York's biggest club nights, often featuring bizarre themes and venues. But fame, fortune and a cocktail of designer drugs proved to be Alig's downfall when he viciously murdered his drug dealer and former friend Angel Menendez (Wilson Cruz), and then boasted about it on television.

With PARTY MONSTER, directors Fenton Bailey and 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 and early '90s. Told in shifting perspectives between Alig and 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. And 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 McDermott). But eventually he succumbs to drug abuse and paranoia, which climaxes in the murder of his drug dealer Angel (Wilson Cruz). Bailey and Barbato recreate this wild moment in history with glee, and they pack their film with enough celebrity firepower (Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Marilyn Manson) to glamorise the story even further.