Party Monster 2003 Horror Movie Review
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Party Monster is a curiosity: a fictional version of events already covered in documentary form (see Party Monster: The Shockumentary) by this film’s co-directors, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, best known for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Party Monster, theatrically released in 2003, also signals the return of Macaulay Culkin to films after a long absence. Culkin plays 1980s club kid-turned-killer Michael Alig, a small-town boy who arrives in New York in search of reinvention on the Ecstasy-fueled party scene. Alig ascends from rube to ringmaster, organizing Fabulous happenings and anointing, in Warhol-like fashion, various transvestites and studly naifs the era’s new superstars. Seth Green plays Alig’s arch but more reticent co-conspirator and roommate, James St. James. Green is more grounded in character than Culkin, though neither actor is convincing as a deluded drag queen. Despite interesting material, the directors never reveal what makes Alig a compelling figure in Manhattan’s social history.—Tom Keogh
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About Party Monster 2003
Title: Party Monster
Year: 2003
Starring: Seth Green,
Macaulay Culkin,
Diana Scarwid,
Chloë Sevigny,
Marilyn Manson,
Rating: 3 / 5 stars from 5 users.
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 98
Alternative Titles: Party szörnyek
Type: movie
Released: 2003-09-05
Rated: R
Director: Fenton Bailey Randy Barbato,
Genres: Comedy,
Drama,
Indie,
Crime
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