Shadow Slaves is unpretentious, simple, a return to fetish roots, if you will. The customary black background is covered with a lattice of thumbnails and links, all simple. There is no flashy design, no bullshit. The same can be said for the scenes. These look to be homemade for the most part, but by truly experienced BDSM fetish experts. More importantly the models are very much into the lifestyle in a very hardcore way, not just paid actresses, and I think that's really wherein Shadow Slaves' success lies.

There is just a huge variety here. There are a lot of pain-themed bondage scenes. Girls are tied up or stubbed, suspended from chains and ropes and then tortured. Heavy chains hang from tongue rings, syringes are pushed through nipples and breast muscles, deep into flesh, into the faces of girls; girls have clothespins attached to nipples and flesh, tongs squeeze their breasts painfully, their mouths are filled with bizarre hoses and they are forced to smoke. Mascara runs down most of the girls faces with tears of pain - and pleasure. It's an intense ride folks, and very real.

To date the library is home to a total of 127 videos. These come in Windows Media files usually several as the scenes have been broken up into shorter clips. They offer a great quality playback. Some older movies will offer Real Media streaming options, too. You'll also have a “low res” Windows Media download for every clip which isn't as large or as sharp as the standard format, but is smaller and therefore faster to download. All of the videos are 100% original and unique.

There were 279 photo galleries online here as well. The images are high resolution but amateur. The lack of really good lighting does take away from the photos, or maybe it adds to them. There raw quality makes you feel closer to the action. It seems real, not staged. You can browse through the sets, most of them containing over 100 images, in galleries online or download them in zip files that are provided.

Updates are made but without dates on the content its hard to tell how often. You can browse the material by movies, by pictures, or by 'slaves' (models). There's a forum on the site as well. No other bonuses were included.