Type of Site: Bondage 
Address: www.thepainfiles.com 
Price: 
$29.95/month
Date of Review: 
September, 2006
Pornreports Rating: 

    

Review:

It's not enough for a bondage site to be just about tying women up. Usually there has to be some extra angle to it. Like tying women up and fucking them with an electric-dildo machine, or dripping hot wax on them, or firing a water hose at them, or spanking them, or getting a dozen guys to jerk off in their face.

At The Pain Files they specialize in needles. Yeah they do other stuff too, painful stuff, but their main thing seems to be needles. And so right away we're a bit on edge because we don't groove to needles. In fact we're even a bit scared of the fucking things. Which was bad news for us because some of the slave girls on this site are basically turned into human pincushions. And they aren't sticking the damn things just in their butts either, but into their tits and nipples and pussy lips. No fucking way that doesn't hurt. But we guess that's why they call it The Pain Files.

Don't get us wrong. It's not all about the needles. There are lots of clothespins, alligator clamps, ropes, and whips, etc. The usual bondage stuff. But the needles really stood out.

First impressions: Hate to say it, but this is an ugly site. The main page, before you join, is crammed with what must be every link exchange button and top-list they could find (and in the bondage world that means a hell of a lot). Fuck, it looks like over 100 links. That just makes everything seem messy.

Inside it's also kind of unattractive. There's a main home page with all the latest updates, photo galleries and videos. Except the links to the videos don't go to specific video pages but to the main video index. This is because there aren't any specific video pages. You browse the videos by way of three main indexes. These are kind of crudely laid out. You only get a couple of thumbnails per movie, and some of the movies are quite long. The download options, especially for the newer movies, are also bizarre. You can either download a bunch of short low-res clips that are anywhere from 2-10 megs (and that don't look very good), or one full-length, high-res movie which is anywhere from 500-700 megs. Um, any chance we could get something between those two extremes?

The photos are basically snaps taken during the various pain scenarios. They're very big (1500x2000), but since they're not professionally posed and shot but just more or less just session photography the size doesn't really help things. They might have even looked better if they were smaller. This is something we've had occasion to mention before. Picture size is starting to turn into a fetish for some sites. But we've found that beyond a certain range it's self-defeating.

As for content: As advertised, extreme bondage and s&m. Most of it not our thing. Seeing some chick's nipple getting nailed to a board was kind of rough. There's little of a sexual nature going on. Looks like they're trying to semi-dramatize things a bit, but there's not a whole lot of effort being put into it. Most of the "sets" consist of just a curtain being used as a backdrop. The productions appear kind of cheap. Some horrible music and very little talking going on, except when there were guys speaking in German. There was one hilarious movie where one of these fellows spends a couple of minutes explaining something to one of the slave girls in German and then ends up by asking her "Is that OK?" 

Huh? Did she understand any of the other stuff? What's going on?

Aside from our bias against some of the content, which you have to discount, there were a bunch of little things we didn't like here. As noted, it's a sloppy-looking, unattractive site that could really use a complete design overhaul. There didn't seem to be a strong identity either, with not much continuity among the slavemasters or their victims. And, to be frank, a number of the slave girls aren't very attractive. Some cuties (especially the bunch they call "the dorm girls"), but some real beasts as well. Which, given the nature of what they're put through, shouldn't surprise you any.

On the other hand, the site does deliver what it advertises ("extreme pain, real tears"). The content is nasty, the archives go back several years (though the older video isn't that great), and updates are frequent (every few days they add two or three new picture sets, with movies coming less often). The high-quality full-length movies are of good quality, but as noted you'll definitely want a fast connection to see any of them because they haven't split them up. 

In other words, it's not our favourite bondage site. But despite everything we've complained about it does have a unique vision and quite a lot of original content. So for those with a taste for such fare, dig in. You're welcome to it. 

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