Silver Clutch

Silver Clutch is by far the best Indie in film made to feature in Grand Rapids. I seen several this year locally made and Kay Bouma definitely offers something unique and special here. Best performances coming from Richard Raphael portraying Dante, somewhat of a Biker werewolf from True Blood and David Scott Diaz who's portrayed Cezar, a vampire who reminded me of Lestat from Interview with the Vampire and Damon from The Vampire Diaries.

After seeing this movie I was impressed with the acting overall and everything put into it for being a low budget film. The leading ladies were not great, poor acting on there behalf and could of been casted much better. This didn't necessarily hurt the movie. This movie definitely reminded me of a few Hammer horror films from back in the day..especially the TV series Dark Shadows. This is a must see instant cult classic!

I was able to catch this movie twice at local theaters. It starts really slow, barely crawling to a start. After it kicks in and shows some action the movie is just about over. I found myself daydreaming and wondering when it would be over at the beginning, middle and was happy to see it end. When you think you're going to see the story take off it slows back down to a halt. The overall performances of the actors were o.k considering it was low budget.

David Scott played Cezar who is a hit man type of character for his boss Zarek, played by Scott Goudie. Davids performance is confusing at best. He does most of his lines trying to mimic a William Shatner's type of speech pattern. Stopping and starting, pausing where it didn't belong. His performance made me wonder what was going on and why he was talking like that. Overall he ruined the movie for me.

Brad Watts plays Desmond. He gives a very solid performance, showing emotion and energy when needed.

Ron Hilliard plays Stykes and does a really good job. Although there's a spot when he said he was shot in the chest when he was actually shot in the back!

The leading ladies do a great job. I overheard that this was their first time on the big screen so for that reason alone they were amazing.

The best performance overall had to come from actor, writer, director, Scott Goudie as the evil mafia boss vampire Zarek. He was in Transformers, Real steel several blockbusters. After reading his biography on IMDb I saw how big of a talent he was.

How they got him to be in a low/no budget movie is incredible. He carriedthe movie throughout and I only wish that he was in more of the movie. If they had someone with this level of talent they should have used him more and made the movie around him. I'm only assuming they got him before he turns into a superstar. Instead they tried to involve too many people and stretch out the storyline.

I think this will be the last we see of director Kay Bouma. Kay is a writer. This was her second film with her first as another low/no budget vampire movie. I think 3rd one's a charm...but when it comes to making movies, it's time to move on and stick to writing books.

While in Grand Rapids visiting family and friends I was able to sneak into the premiere of this movie a few months back. I love Indie films that truly have heart. The story of "Silver Clutch" did just that. Cezar played by "David Scott Diaz" really showcased why he is meant to be acting on the bigger screen and without him I would have not given this a movie a 9. I agree with previous reviews that he carried this film. I wont say he's the only talent, I really liked Sonya played by "Lo Maslanka" and felt she should of been the female lead..not saying the other wasn't good "Marjorie Yost" but I felt her acting was poor and just wasn't believable. I also loved Lorenzo's witty humor and Dante's character played by "Richard Raphael" The lows of this film happened to reoccurr more than hoped, Starting with "Scott Goudie's" role as Zarek and "Dominic Gabriel" as Nicholas. I had hoped the director would have limited there screen time but these guys were HORRIBLE. Had these 2 been replaced with better talent this movie would have had a chance at horror fest and possible direct to DVD distribution. Anyhow, I still found the movie enjoyable to watch despite the negatives. It truly moves fast and has a good score to creep you out. The story by "Kay Bouma" isn't original to a very familiar "TWILIGHT" ;) but does have heart. Nice work Kay.

A movie about vampires that only has one of the characters that resembles a vampire? 2 love stories crammed in over an hour of painful AMATEUR first time actors who look as if they're reading off cue cards. The dark haired whiny voiced girl who looks 40 trying to be a 20 year who played Katherine and The annoying Sylvester Stallone Brooklyn accent wannabe who played Nick absolutely CRUSHED this movie. I really wanted to give this movie a higher review but since these 2 amateurs took up most of film..not even the good actors in this movie could save this. Bad Sound, horrible effects, poor editing..the list goes on. Too many characters involved with poor development. Who names a movie about a SILVER Purse??? And then expects it to be a hit? I wasted money attending this premiere. I can't say I didn't warn you..

I'm giving this a 7 out of 10 because the acting overall was not that great. The story was just o.k. with lots of things that I just didn't understand. Scott Goudie carried the entire film with little help from the rest of the cast. His character "Zarek" was great. Reminded me of the old vampire flicks like Queen of the damned or Interview with the vampire. He really pulled off the mafia type with his personality and diverse acting. The rest of the cast seemed to be scared in front of the camera. Seemed at times to actually be "acting" so it wasn't believable. The white faced vampire guy, Cezar, was waaay overplayed. He seemed to always be trying to one up the rest of the cast. Yelling when it wasn't needed. Taking long breaks so the camera was on him too much and not focused on the actual scene or what was going on. Lots of lighting and sound issues. You actually see the director in several scenes and several actors look right at the camera during scenes which really gets rid of the impression that you're watching this unfold in front of you. I also saw the directors first film, which was a flop. This one was better with at least a decent actor running the show, but this will go nowhere. As a film maker, actor and director, this was just another home movie that shouldn't be on IMDb or in theaters or on DVD. I think it's time for the director, Kay Bouma, to retire, or stay with writing bad books. That's my review.