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Type of Site: Bondage, Femdom
Address: 
www.theenglishmansion.com
Price:
$34.95/month
Date of Review:
March, 2005
Pornreports Rating: 

    

Review:

(Note: After our review this site re-branded as "The English Mansion." Apparently this is because the "dungeon" theme is only a small part of the total site.-Eds.)

The femdom fetish actually encompasses a pretty wide range of activity, and the most impressive thing about The English Dungeon is how much of this rich variety the site manages to cover. The main webmistress here goes by the name of Sidonia von Bork. Don't ask us why an English mistress has a German name (it probably has something to do with the whole Nazi-style uniform--for sexual role-playing purposes only!--theme), but there you have it.

Anyway, it's not important. What is important is what she's dishing out. And does she ever dish it out! God knows if you're into the femdom experience this site really has you covered (or smothered, as the case may be). We couldn't think of anything they'd left out. There's CBT, verbal abuse, whipping, watersports, rubber, smothering, milking, strap-on, uniform, electrical torture, hypnosis, piercing, sounding, mummification, butt plugs and probably a bunch of other things we never got to.

Here are the main areas:

Guide: you'll definitely want to familiarize yourself with this area because--and this is our main knock against the site--the layout and navigation is a total fucking mess. One nice thing is that you can access this page without joining (just click on the Members tab on the main page), and get an overview of what's on tap. This area also gives you some update information and links to other stuff that you might find interesting (like Sidonia's free page: www.sidoniabork.com). Anyway, we can't really explain it all here but the main thing to remember if you get confused is that there are four separate video pages: New, Gold, Boudoir and Dungeon. Why are there four separate video pages? We don't know! For an explanation of what they are, see what we have to say below.

Diary: another mess. It's not even a diary (dated entries, regular updates etc.) but a sort of grab-bag of info and pics relating to the site and the people running it. Think of it as an About page.

Photos: lots of pics, some of them studio photos and others video stills. There were 235 galleries when we visited, though most of these only had around 10 pics in them (even the ones labeled "Entire Scenes"). These pics come in two sizes. You'll have to "enlarge" the tiny default size to get a nice big picture.  The categories (Mistress Portraits, Cock and Ball Torment, Rubber) are only a rough guide. Individual sets can have really vague labels ("Old Photographs" or "Stupid"). But overall, for a site that sells itself mainly as a video site we were impressed by the amount of stuff they had here.

Voice: 26 wav files, mostly done by Sidonia, of femdom philosophy ("it's no use whipping a slave if that's what he enjoys") or short dramatized readings. Good stuff!

New Films: the Guide says these are "this month's new movie releases", but when we visited there were 78 available. That must be more than a month (this section updates once a week, on Fridays). Not that we're complaining about getting more than we expected though. 

As with all of the movies on this site you get a choice of two formats: Window and RealPlayer. You also have a choice of two resolutions: High and Low. Unfortunately there isn't a huge difference between the two. Even the high resolution stuff only plays back at around 350 kb/s (450 kb/s for the RealPlayer) and won't look great full screen (it's designed for 320x240). The production values though are pretty good. The English Dungeon is very well stocked with all the latest and greatest toys and gear. And the mistresses really know what they're doing. As noted, the action covers every femdom kink you could imagine. An index of coloured balls is used to give some indication of the kind of content in each scene. We would have liked it if they'd made these balls links so we could search through all of the films for specific material. As it is, you really have to look for what you want.

Gold: 61 more movies that are being changed the first Friday of every month. These are called "classic" movies, and are apparently older material, but they looked the same are the other stuff.

Dungeon: another 80 movies. Why the fuck do they have these movies in so many different separate areas?

Boudoir: still more movies (56 by our count). Apparently The English Boudoir used to be a separate site and then it got rolled into the Dungeon. Anyway, these movies are described as still fetish (that is, femdom) but not as violent. They are supposed to be for those of you who "love fetish and loathe pain."

Huh? There was CBT, fucking machines, watersports, forced cocksucking, even sounding (arrrrghh!!!!) in here. Really, the content is no different than in any of the other video areas. So . . . why is it a separate section?

Slave: this is a twelve-step slave training program (though only 10-steps are listed--did we miss something?). We thought it was a nice personal touch, and lets members interact on an individual level with Sidonia. You have to do things like sign a slave register, torture your own balls, and even write a poem to your mistress.

Well, as you might be able to tell from all of this we had a few gripes. If we were running this site we'd totally junk their current layout and just have one video area, with lots of cross-indexing and maybe even a search function. Then we'd also keep the video still pics with the videos. Keep it simple! Clean it up!

Another gripe is that the video isn't exactly DVD quality. But it's still watchable, and well produced. Especially for this niche, where the standards, let's face it, aren't very high. Finally, extreme fetish action, especially when it's all exclusive, is always a bit pricier than your average porn pay site. But we still have to raise an eyebrow at the membership here, which strikes us as just a bit high. A three-month membership for $70 is actually worth considering.

But, looking at the total package, we thought even the monthly rate was worth it. Mainly because this is the total package. It really is a great fetish site, with the biggest, most comprehensive collection of femdom video you're likely to find anywhere. We submit!

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