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With a short 57-minute running time calculated for TV timeslots, this documentary was partially financed by Cinemax and UK's Channel 4. Staged simulations are smoothly integrated with legit footage to... read more read more... jigsaw together a portrait of Michael Alig, serving time for manslaughter when this film was made. Waving goodbye to South Bend, Indiana, Alig arrived in NYC, became a college dropout, and developed a reputation for promoting parties during the '80s. The Alig parties featured bizarre costumes, performance art, and a sexual slant, but they eventually began going haywire with wild drug use/abuse of heroin, crack, and animal tranquilizers, prompting the law to take note. In early 1996, drug dealer Angel Melendez vanished, and a corpse later turned up floating near Staten Island; months later, Alig and a roommate were arrested. To recount the grim details, filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato interviewed Alig in prison, combining this with both party videos and footage of Alig associates. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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60% liked it

5 critics

Unrated, 57 min.

Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Release Date: June 11, 1998

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DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003

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  • December 15, 2009
    He came. He partied. He killed.
  • August 15, 2009
    A good side piece to go with The Party Monster movie that stars Macauley Culkin and Seth Green. Documentary shows what all the real club kids looked like that were played in the film. The movie is one of those that disturbs me so much I still have to watch it everytime i see it o... read moren. I was just boredly surfing through you tube when i came upon it. It makes you wonder if Micheal Alig the main charector in this film was actually evil or was just someone who went over the edge trying to have too good a time?
  • October 6, 2008
    I loved this shockdoc, would have liked it more if it could have been more in depth, and more involved footage of the scene at the time, but for what its worth, i loved every minute of it, a gem in my book
  • June 15, 2007
    This movie rocks...it even has a cameo by Manson in it...if you haven't seen it do yourseld a favor and check it out..:)
  • April 5, 2007
    u r my disco playing on the radio u r my disco....THE SLIMELIGHT PARTIES!!!

    JAMES ST. JAMES IS STILL #1 & A FUCKING GOD-dess
  • March 7, 2007
    This is only good if you have seen Party Monster or are instrested in the "Club" thing. I thought that it was really intresting.

Critic Reviews


Rich Cline
October 27, 2003
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

Refuses to become a preachy treatise on drug excess, opting instead to merely report the events with style, humour and a cast of astonishingly interesting 'characters'. Full Review

James Rocchi
September 12, 2003
James Rocchi, Netflix

Fact-based story of drugs and death in "clubland" is boring and banal, failing in its attempt to shock and scandalize. Full Review

Dennis Harvey
July 2, 2011
Dennis Harvey, Variety

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Edward Guthmann
January 1, 2000
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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Michael Atkinson
January 1, 2000
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

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January 1, 2000
New York Times

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Cole Smithey
October 10, 2005
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

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Emanuel Levy
August 14, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

Christopher Null
April 11, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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May 27, 2003
Film4

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