Pain Freaks are sexy girls who submit to one torture after another and all in the hopes of attaining the sort of transcendental pleasure that they simply can't find in more conventional sex. These ladies can certainly take a lot and while the tour promises hard tied action, there is more than simply bondage in the exclusive videos.
PainFreaks is actually one of over 40 sites that you get access to by paying the membership. When you first arrive in the members' area, you might feel initially confused because this area is actually the portal for the entire Fetish Network. From here, you can take a look at featured daily updates from one or two of the network sites. You can also make a search based on your preferred fetish or you can go directly to specific sites like Pain Freaks, which is categorized in the BDSM and bondage genre. Other fetish niches include fisting, smothering, smoking, spanking, lesbian/latex and pantyhose/nylons amongst others. Some specific sites in the same category include PainVixens, ShibariDolls, MyKinkyDiary and RickSavage.
Navigational features are a bit few and far between, especially when you get to the PainFreaks page. You'll find the most recent update and a preview thumbnail for the next update and then there is an episode archive of 50 movies. You can access all the other sites and categories from this page, but sorting the scenes by category, for example, isn't possible. On the other hand, you can sort the scenes by their title or by the number of views.
In the past, PainFreaks, as well as all the network sites, have had sporadic updates. These days, or at least since February 2011, the site has been adding new scenes three to four times a month. Whether or not they intend to continue with this much more exciting schedule remains to be seen, though.
There are supposed to be photos, but when you call up an episode you'll find that there aren't any pictures or screen captures. Some of the video titles can be confusing, like 'Big Tit Bondage 2', 'Big Tit Bondage 7A' and 'Big Tit Bondage 2A'. However, rather than being scenes from a series, they appear to be full videos complete in themselves and starring different players. Some scenes focus on Femdoms and submissive sluts and others on Masters and their slaves. There are plenty of bondage scenes, but there are some Dominants skilled with some damn intimidating tools. In a film called 'Domination Of Pixie' the Master uses metal knives or what looks like scissors. The instruments are fierce looking and do add some excitement along with spanking, flogging and a good deal of humiliation for the model, Pixie.
Scenes come with descriptions and some thumbnail captures of the action. None of the films appear to be available in full-length, but there are three to five parts offered for streaming or download in low and high resolution MOV formats easily played in QuickTime. Downloads are fairly quick and there doesn't appear to be any DRM or download restrictions. The action is fairly amateur, as is the filmmaking, which isn't a problem, particularly if you are more interested in BDSM that has a more homemade than polished feel. However, the quality is truly outdated. The highest quality I came across was 1070kbps, 460x385 pixels and while I might have thought such quality decent five years ago, it really isn't up to par when so many sites are offering HD quality.
Final Verdict
The site claims to offer exclusive content, although with titles that indicate scenes are part of longer titles, it's really hard to assess the exclusivity. This isn't the real problem, though. The action, while creative, exciting and diverse, is marred by such poor quality that it ends up being difficult to truly get into the thrill of the bondage and BDSM. Alone, I might think Pain Freaks unworthy of the time of day, but since membership to this one site gets you access to another 39 kink and BDSM sites with better quality videos, it ends up being an exciting membership for anyone into a diverse range of fetish.