Descriptions:
This is the original uncensored TV broadcast. This particular version was aired only once as part of UK’s Channel 4 series ‘Renegade TV’. There are a number of significant differences between this and subsequent broadcast versions and the DVD released in 1999.
Party Monster is a 1997 (iMDB incorrectly states 1998) documentary detailing the rise of the club kid phenomenon in New York City, the life of club kid and party promoter Michael Alig, and the murder of drug dealer Andre “Angel” Melendez. Produced by World of Wonder and based in part on the James St. James memoir, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland, the film combines interview footage of Alig from prison, St. James, commentary by Alig’s mother, and a number of other former club kids, with archival footage from various parties, and dramatic re-enactments. The book and documentary also served as the basis for the 2003 feature film.
Directed by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato