Inspiration for a porn script can come from many places, be it a song, book, or even a simple everyday situation. For their new movie Strangers in a Bar — which marks Severe Sex‘s return to feature porn — porn filmmakers Dee Severe and Jimmy Broadway looked to Alfred Hitchock’s Strangers on a Train. But […]
As porn partnerships go, you won’t find very many as productive and passionate as that of Dee Severe and Jimmy Broadway. Together, this husband-and-wife team have forged one of porn’s top fetish labels, Severe Sex Films, the company behind such memorable movies as Cybill Troy Is Vicious and Ms. Grey. (Fans may also recognize Broadway […]
In celebration of Adult Empire’s 20th anniversary, we look at some of the porn trends and genres that shaped the company’s history. In this edition: BDSM. E.L. James’s book 50 Shades of Grey brought BDSM out of the dungeon and into the mainstream. It’s a genre that’s often misunderstood, though, and frequently mischaracterized. Cliched depictions […]
50 Shades is a wildly popular series, but in the end it’s still a safe, tame Hollywood project. It’s breezy entertainment, with a limited interest in understanding the true psychological profile of sub/dom relationships. Viewers who want a more legitimate BDSM adventure have an ideal choice in Severe Sex‘s scintillating new sequel Ms. Grey 2: Darker, […]