Silver Clutch

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.

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.

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.

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 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.