Silver Clutch

Silver Clutch has a lot of potential with its story. It was intriguing from beginning to end..with a "Dark Shadow's" feel to it. With that said I'll point out the positive first.The score is something I truly enjoyed the most, it helped carry the movie and had a real eerie feel to it. Acting I have to say my favorite character was a toss up between "David Scott Diaz's" Character Cezar and "Rich Raphael" as Dante. Both really gave a solid performance that really helped carry this movie. I also enjoyed Lorenzo, who came off as the wimpy tag along with a comedic side.. Now for the negatives, both female leads were over played and felt forced in every scene. Zarek the bad boss played by Scott Goudie and Nick his brother played by Dominic Ryan Gabriel were also overacted bigtyme...but I guess for a low budget film you can't expect Robert Pattinson glistening on camera. With all said, for an ultra low budget film its def worth a look as long as you can appreciate the efforts put into this. Kay Bouma has great ideas and look forward to seeing more of her work get better.

I was able to catch this movie while visiting Michigan for my sisters soccer game a couple of weeks ago. Scott loaned me his copy and wanted my honest feedback. We talked in detail about the film but here is a taste. I didn't expect much because he told me it was a no budget film. Not even a low budget! I was pleasantly surprised. Lighting and sound aside the story was interesting. Something a little different. Scott was for sure on top of his game and showed a ton of emotion and acting ability as the vampire mafia boss. I think we'll see a lot of him in the future. He's a great actor and person. I think this film will get picked up by a production company and we'll hopefully be able to see it on DVD or it will go overseas. The best part for me was to see the different areas of Grand Rapids that were showcased. Kind of cool to see that in a local film. Good luck to everyone involved. I don't like to see the negative feedback that's being posted on this, especially because it was a no budget film. I think this was great considering everyone worked for free, for 2 years!

Silver Clutch in my opinion doesn't remind me of the "Godfather" as its used in the tagline, but actually is more of an adult version of Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" but a lot lower of a budget. The movie has its goods and bads. I gave this an 8 out of 10 based on effort and the fact I actually enjoyed a few actors in this movie. The story is nothing new with a dragged out love story that seems to be a confused version of Edward and Bella in Twilight. The movie opens with a really cool flashback in the 1800's that fades from black and white to color. 2 men approach a women and young boy..one happens to be a vampire that's really thirsty killing off the women and boy within the first few minutes of the film. After this happens the movie goes to present time and the story moves pretty fast paced with a nice score. What helped and hurt this movie was lack of talent and poor Filmography. I truly enjoyed Cezar, who in my opinion..Stole the show..Superb acting from David Scott Diaz who is in Touchback with Kurt Russell. Brad Watts "Desmond" who has numerous short film credits and Richard Raphael "Dante" who has a nice credit list as well, also made this little flick fun to watch. What I agree with in previous reviews and most would after the movie was premiered is that the female leads were off beat and awful the entire movie and should not have been cast, including Scott Goudie who cannot act to save his life. This story wasn't original but it worked and was the most intriguing and enjoyable aspect of Silver Clutch. Id rent it and hope it gets a national DVD release.

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.

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!