Party Monster

'I'm the lowest kind of celebrity, a playwright's wife,' Celeste Holm tells Anne Baxter in All About Eve. Fifty-plus years later, she might still make the snapshot page in Vanity Fair (once), but new kinds of celebrity have clambered up... Read more at imdb.com

This movie tells the story of a murder committed in the 80's, in New York, by a drugged bisexual called Michael Alig, played by Macaulay Culkin. The story begins with two gays, Michael and James St. James (Seth Green), meeting... Read more at imdb.com

Party Monster is based on the true story of 80s club kid and promoter, Michael Alig, infamous for his bizarre New York parties and, later, for the brutal murder of a drug dealer.It's adapted from Alig's friend James St James'... Read more at imdb.com

this film is an amazing work of art and must be viewed as such. if you're looking to understand the storyline, you MUST read the book disco bloodbath (rereleased as party monster) by james st. james. it's also helpful to... Read more at imdb.com

In choosing "Party Monster" as his first film in 9 years, Macauley Culkin follows a traditional pattern. He quickly became America's favorite cute little kid in the first 2 "Home Alone" movies, but then began to fade in popularity after... Read more at imdb.com

The old saying is "truth is stranger than fiction," and you know what, it's true. In "Party Monster" we are taken on a very trippy and true little journey that allows us to see first-hand, the crazy club life of... Read more at imdb.com

Living in the UK means you very rarely get to see some amazing films. Having read the book I heard about the film and as you do, immediately ordered it to be shipped over, not expecting to find it anywhere... Read more at imdb.com

I often wondered why U.S. American movies involving young people who are into drugs are either pathetic (f.e. Drugstore Cowboy) or even downright ridiculous in their conservative portrayal of the dangers of drug use (f.e. Traffic, The Movie). Party Monster... Read more at imdb.com

A famous quote by Pauline Kael about Greta Garbo was that "she was the complete reason to see a film". Well, let me tell ya, I will agree, astonishing even myself, that Maculay Culkin fits this description about PARTY MONSTER.... Read more at imdb.com

When I started to watch this movie I wasn't at all aware what it was about. I just saw that MaCaulay Culkin and Seth Green were in it and thought, "Cool! Maybe this'll be good." A lot of people say... Read more at imdb.com

The movie's most ebullient scene has James leading Michael around a shabby diner in a demonstration of how to make an effective party appearance. The club scene should be seductive to us viewers, not just to those drug addicts on screen. ... Full Review

That having been said, I never found the film to be boring. The film is playful and never dares take itself too seriously, and neither do the characters. ... Full Review

With its outlandish costumes and tacky settings, "Party Monster" is a time capsule for its era and locale. Taking a page from the then-recently deceased Andy Warhol, Michael promotes everyone as a superstar, beginning with a perpetually wasted drag queen entertainer (Marilyn Manson). ... Full Review

Party Monster" is rated R for scenes of simulated drug use (methamphetamine, barbiturates, hallucinogens and other substances), occasional use of strong sexual profanity, crude slang terms and other sexual talk, violence (a bludgeoning) and brief gore. ... Full Review

By Joe Williams Post-Dispatch 09/26/2003 Macaulay Culkin in lipstick and leather? If you want to see what really happens when you leave a kid home alone, take a peek at "Party Monster," a luridly fascinating but dramatically insufficient recounting of... ... Full Article

"Man is so perfectible and corruptible that he can become a madman through sheer intellect. This quotation by George Lichtenberg, is recited by Michael Alig in Party Monster , and pretty much sums up the philosophy that informed his eccentric... ... Full Article

fter a nine-year acting hiatus, documentary filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato resuscitate Home Alone whiner Macaulay Culkin as screaming queen and club kid killer Michael Alig for their Party Monster dud. ... Full Article

EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, THE Rated:PG-13 For movie details, please click here . The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a non-fiction movie focusing on the curious career of Tammy Faye Bakker, said to be America's first lady of televangelist broadcasting... ... Full Article

" Party Monster " is based on a book named Disco Bloodbath, and there's a tug-of-war in both titles between fun and horror.Horror wins. ... Full Article