"Party Monster" is a dark drama/comedy set in the NYC club scene of the 1990's. It's about the rise and fall of Club Kid promoter Michael Alig (Macauley Culkin), the real-life gay king of New York's "Club Kids," a group of young carousers who ruled the city's nightlife in the late 1980s and early '90s. It begins with Alig as a small-town outcast who lives with his mother. Moving to NYC, he learns the party scene from James St. James (Seth Green), who teaches him the rules of fabulousness: "If two or three people are posing for a photo always, always, always, make sure your the one standing on the left so the caption will read your name first. Once something appears in print it automatically becomes true. There is no such thing as bad publicity, and never dish anyone in print". Despite St. James' warning Alig hosts a party at the local Limelight club, which is owned by Peter Gatien (Dylan McDermott) and soon becomes the hottest club in New York. Alig is named "King of the Club Kids" and goes on a cross country search for more club kids. Alig and James pick up Angel Melendez (Wilson Cruz), Gitzie (Chloe Sevigny), and Brooke (Natasha Lyonne). Soon after meeting, Gitzie becomes Alig's new girlfriend and Brooke and Angel move into Michael and St. James's New York apartment. However, after Michael descends into the world of drug abuse, his life spirals out of control, eventually culminating in his murder of Angel by injecting him with Drano and throwing him in the East River. Gitzie and Michael decide to go to rehab and treat it as a "Second Honeymoon", leaving St. James behind. St. James then begins to write his Great American Novel, published as "Disco Bloodbath" and later as "Party Monster". This film is based on St. James' memoir "Disco Bloodbath", scripted and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. The real Michael Alig is expected to be released from prison by 2011.
