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The Hot House Backroom is a treasure trove of masculine heat. Members can watch more than 270 scenes from 68 Hot House DVDs, almost 90 web-exclusive scenes, live shows and bonus content. The site is a rank and sweaty celebration of everything masculine: from muscle to military, Latin men to leather, and from daddies to dildos. But, as with most studio sites, the video is available to stream only.

Tour

The Hot House Backroom tour is an excellent preview of the many full-length scenes available to you as a member. Simply use the drop-down menus in the left column to select titles, models or themes, and view their brief sample clip. The video quality of these clips is exactly the same as the full-length versions inside, so you'll know exactly what's in store.

Navigation

Navigation around the site is okay, though it could be simplified. There's no obvious link back to the homepage (clicking the big banner at the top of the page will do the trick) and most of the horizontal menu items across the top of each page (DVDs, VOD and Live Cams) are upsells. In the left column you can select a favorite scene, model, or theme from the drop down menus, or use the handy search box. in the top right corner.

The Men and the Action

Studio founder Steven Scarborough has a true porn pedigree. He was a friend of Falcon Studios founder Chuck Holmes -- and of legendary directors John Summers and Matt Sterling. In 1993, after producing and directing more than 50 films for Falcon Studios, he established Hot House. The result is a catalog of unbridled, hardcore sucking, fucking, leather, toys, bondage, and ass-stretching that is as intense as you can imagine. Don't bother shaving for this date.

More than 300 models have come to prominence as stars and exclusives in the fifteen year history of the studio, and they are all represented on Hot House Backroom. Porn fans will recognize their names: Anthony Gallo, Blue Blake, Carlos Morales, Blade Thompson, Arpad Miklos, Damon Phoenix, Dean Tucker, and many, many others.

These guys are real men. They're masculine and muscular, with some body hair, some tattoos, and lots of tight abs, big cocks, and spit -- lots of spit. There's action of every type, from heated duos and group scenes to very intense bondage sessions. There's a taste of fisting and watersports, but most of the extreme stuff is on sister site, Club Inferno Dungeon, which is a separate membership.

The scenes are shot indoors, outdoors, poolside, even in medical examining rooms and well-equipped dungeons. And oh yeah, these guys are very vocal. It must take a special grunt language to express what it feels like to have huge dildos and cocks shoved up your willing hole.

The production values of Hot House videos and web episodes are consistently superior: The action is always staged, lit and shot to perfectly capture the raunchy, masculine heat of these models. This is how porn should look, the careful editing ramps up the heat at the same time as the action. Technical quality of the chosen Flash format is good: at the default size the vids are nice and clear, but at full screen there is a noticeable loss of quality.

Video Details

Your membership entitles you to view almost 275 scenes, averaging 20 minutes in length, from sixty Hot House titles. But don't forget the site also offers web-exclusive video segments, of which there are over 85 so far. Plus there are four bonus scenes from Bel Ami and Studio 2000 rotated on a weekly basis. The site is updated with a new scene about every five days.

Image and Other Content

Hot House offers about 275 sets of video captures, one for every video. Each set has about 40 pics, but they are smallish at 555x370 pixels. There is a slideshow option.

Summing Up

Hot House Backroom is a unique chance to enjoy a large cache of scenes from a premier studio's DVD releases, side-by-side with regular exclusive web videos. Bonus scenes from Studio 2000 and Bel Ami - and hot archived live shows - are a great plus. Even though downloads aren't allowed, it's an excellent choice for lovers of masculine Hot House men.