Attention all Chicago residents, independent theater enthusiasts and horror nuts. Horrorbles has announced a unique screening of “Family Portraits” at the Historic Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee Ave), Friday, September 12th at 7:30pm. Douglas Buck will be on hand for autographs & a candid interview by John Aranza about his films. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Horrorbles (Berwyn) or at horrorbles.com and click on “Special Events”. A special free screening has been added at 9:45pm of Buck’s remake of Brian DePalma’s “Sisters” This will be a world premiere for “Sisters” on the big screen!

If you’ve never seen Family Portraits you are in for a treat. While gore-hounds have always appreciated the film for its occasionally explicit violence the real reason to catch it is Bucks extraordinary ability to capture people at the apex of despair, alienation and dysfunction. He’s a storyteller truly interested in the problem of evil and woundedness and the way they relate to one another.