Video of the year 2024

I chose this as my video of the year because I do love a spanking scene that looks this authentic. I recognise that many followers will wish we got to see the young lady's short skirt being flipped up and panties and tights pulled down as the spanking proceeds to deliver her a bright red bottom. I'll let you in on a secret - that's exactly how the video progresses, but I just decided to edit it to only show the first part as she gets spanked across the seat of her skirt. And what a spanking it is - he's not holding anything back! He is smacking her really hard, alternate bottom cheeks and seemingly all on the underside of her buttocks where it's gone to hurt the most. I estimate there are sixty well-delivered smacks. You may or may not approve of (this part) of the spanking being delivered over her skirt, but I think we can probably agree that she would have a really stinging bottom by the end of this stage and his message would be getting home to her.

Viet Nam

It's a wonder that there aren't more road traffic accidents on the streets of Viet Nam...

Raven Hill - Beach girl spankings

There are some big-name spanko-oriented producers out there – I mean, nowadays I’d be thinking of AEG (Real Spankings, Real Spankings Institute etc.), Sarah Gregory (Spanking 101, Cheerleader Spankings, Momma Spankings etc.), Clare Fonda (Girl Spanks Girl, My Spanking Roommate etc.), Strand (Red Stripe, English Spankers etc.), Xerotics (Spanking Online, Fetish Flixx, Spank My Bottom etc.). Then there are those that were single brands but quite large and are no more – NuWest comes to mind. But I wanted to explore one in particular that now seems to have vanished – Raven Hill.

There was quite a pushback on the brand from many people who didn’t really warm to the two males behind the company and in front of the cameras – Richard Lewis and Tierre Ainese. Also, when you look at their material today, if you’re able to dig some of it out, they were producing video in an era when camera quality was nowhere near the standard we expect today. On the plus side, they didn’t seem to be faking the scenes and the girls they featured often took quite severe punishments.

But they did something else that made them pretty unique, and I don’t recall any other producer ever trying to copy them. They made three separate series where they claimed that the girls being punished were just ordinary girls they came across and persuaded to take part.

So far as I’m aware, the first of these themed series was called Beach Girl Spankings – this was actually my introduction to this studio. I was visiting a shop in the Soho district of London, and they had several boxes on display for VHS videos. There was one I’d heard a lot about so I enquired and agreed on a price. A tape was produced, in plain packaging and with a handwritten label (who says the internet was the cause of piracy). When I got it home I discovered it was not the video I’d asked for but was the first of the Beach Girls Spanking imprint.

The concept was they had rented a beachfront house in Florida and Richard went out on the beach to talk to some of the girls sunbathing there. I’m frankly amazed none of them took flight and dialled 911 because he quickly steered the conversation around to the idea that his company made fetish videos that involved spanking, and they wondered if any girls they found on the beach would be up for taking part. One of the most interesting aspects of the videos was that often some of the girls would reminisce about spankings they’d experienced at home while growing up. Anyway, some of the girls did agree to go to the house out of curiosity and they would be given alcoholic drinks once they got there.

By and large the girls didn’t really look like professional actors or models – more ‘girl next door’ style. All of the features start with Tierre wandering out on the beach with a microphone and camera and striking up conversations with some of the girls sunbathing there. None seem suspicious of this strange guy coming up to them when they are sometimes very scantily clad and engaging them in a conversation. Usually after some general pleasantries, the girls (and they’re always either just a pair of girls or one on her own) ask him what they’re doing, and he explains that they’re making films. They ask for more detail and he tells them that they’re filming for an adult audience but insists it’s not porn and eventually gets around to telling them that they’re spanking films. Almost all the girls say they’ve never heard of anything like that.

In one of the later films in the series, Tierre, in a piece to the camera, says that about one in seven of those they approach end up going back to their beach house with him. Unsurprisingly, we don’t see him talking to any girls who decline the offer – they probably wouldn’t consent to be featured in the video at all – but in one case one of two girls agrees to take part but her friend just accompanies her for support. (Spoiler alert – they both end up participating).

They are plied with alcohol and chat about the process. There are mentions of generous financial compensation, and on a couple of occasions, the girls refer to the amount they are being offered. I have seen reviewers state the amount they refer to, but in the versions I’ve seen, the sound has been tweaked, so we don’t hear the actual figure. It is always explained that they will get three five-minute spankings, the first of which is always a hand spanking over Tierre’s lap. One odd thing is that we never see the girls being told the punishments will be on their bare bottoms but when they are told to take their bikini bottoms down, they are never surprised, shocked or reluctant to do so. Some just remove their bikini bottoms for the duration, others just slip them down and pull them back up between sessions. One girl stripped totally.

The five minutes are timed with an hourglass that has been allowed to have just five minutes pass, and then the girls have to turn them back the other way to signal that they’re ready for the spanking to start. The second and third punishment means are chosen by the girl by selecting a puck attached to a Perspex board. We see the board from the other side and can read the options – Strap, Flogger, Central paddle, Cane, Hairbrush, Sherriff’s paddle, and Escape. The two paddles acquire their names from other Raven Hill productions in which they featured. The concept of the Escape puck is that if they select that they can take the money and leave with no further punishment. Of course, from their side of the board, the girls can’t read what is on the underside of the puck until they take it from the board.

Where the five-minute rule is applied, the girls are told to bend over a stool, chair or table and he does punish them for the full five minutes. However, he talks a lot – I mean an awful lot – so it’s not quite as brutal as it first sounds. If they select the cane, the timing is abandoned, and he gives them twenty-five strokes.

In all cases – the hand spanking and the punishments with implements – he starts very gently and slowly warms them up. By the end of each session, he is using quite a bit of force. All of the girls’ bottoms get red and in some cases, they are showing quite a lot of marking. They may need to spend some of their unexpected income on another bikini that will provide a bit more coverage for when they return to the beach. Another spoiler – so far as I’m aware, no girl ever manages to select the Escape puck.

The best thing about these films is the comments by the girls. Very early on, while they’re still at the beach, a few of them reminisce about spankings they got at home when they were growing up. My favourite line is when one of the better-looking girls finally finishes the five-minute hand spanking and she slides to the floor and says ”Daddy didn’t use to spank me that hard.” It’s also good to see when two friends have taken up the challenge, how much they seem to enjoy watching their friend being punished, even if they know that their turn is only minutes away.

If you’re prepared to overlook the video quality, then I guess how likely you are to enjoy these films will come down to one key opinion. Do you believe that they just found these girls on a beach and persuaded them to take part? In favour of believing it, I’ve never noticed any of the girls appearing in another spanking movie. And quite a few don’t have model girl looks by any means. They’re all clearly over eighteen so they can consent to take part for payments that they all seem to feel are quite generous. However, some are under twenty-one so probably have little experience of handling alcohol and probably shouldn’t be consuming it under these circumstances.

On balance, I believe that they’re probably genuine. And I do quite enjoy them. I’ll review some other Raven Hill series in the future.                    

Favourite for December

This is quite an oldie from the Xerotics stable but there's a lot I like about it. The 'schoolgirl' looks fantastic - very smart and appropriate uniform although the skirt may not meet the length stipulated in the school regulations. I do always like a straight grey skirt like this as opposed to the pleated ones we get more often. But the real strength of this image, for me, is the tension in the room. She doesn't look like she would be one of the girls that are regularly in trouble and she probably thought that the young teacher would let her get away with it this time. However, this teacher is not impressed with the apologies and grovelling. the only decision that will be required in a few moments will be for the girl to decide if she's willing to bend across the table for a firm slippering or if she'd prefer to take her chances with a referral to the headmistress that would very likely end with a caning.

Favourite for November

Quite a few of those who have started out as 'bottoms' in the spanking community, often as models, as the years go by seem to be drawn to 'topping'. Others have always been tops. Many of those would insist that they have real expertise and know exactly how to dish out punishments without ever having been on the receiving end. There are a few who identify as tops but at some time or other have allowed someone to administer punishments to them so they have a better understanding of what it feels like. If you've ever seen Cassie Hunter thrashing some bloke, usually mercilessly, you could be excused for thinking she wouldn't like it if the roles were reversed. However, if you hunt around, you can discover that, on at least one occasion, she allowed another highly regarded mistress the opportunity to give her a caning. I haven't seen the video version of this event but I have seen some other videos of Cassie being punished, sometimes by men. I've not seen any where she took a punishment bare bottomed but there's one of her getting slippered OTK (with a plimsoll) on the seat of her panties and it would be fair to say she didn't seem to cope with the experience very well. Of course, a single image like this doesn't really show how well she handled being caned over the seat of her shorts although she does look a bit red-faced.

I tend to the view that those who seek to give, for example. a caning, ought to have, at some time or other, been given one. As someone who identifies as a top, it's probably only fair to admit that I have allowed a very competent exponent of canings, to allow me to experience what it feels like. You know what? It bloody hurt! 

Favourite for October

One of my favourite positions for administering corporal punishment is with the recipient lying face down on a fairly unyielding surface with hands and ankles secured. No putting a hand back to try to stop the punishment or pulling her bottom forward at the point of impact in the faint hope it might lessen the pain. Often the person administering the punishment will put something under the target area such as cushions or pillows to raise her bottom in the air and make it easier to target while keeping her reasonably comfortable to lie there for quite a long time.

And then there's this option...

This is the scenario where he's thought "Why the hell should she be comfortable? This is a punishment, it's meant to hurt, and you know what, if she finds it uncomfortable... Well, good!"

And although there are several switches discarded on the floor after he's used them on her, she can see straight in front of her that he has plenty more if he decides she's not yet sorry enough for what she did. And she's going to lie on that hard wooden bench for as long as he deems necessary.

Favourite for September

She'd had all morning fearfully wondering what her punishment was going to be. Now she was in the head's office she had part of the answer but not yet all. She'd been told to put her hands on her head and face the wall and he'd then tucked up the back of her skirt. But then he'd left the room and had now been gone for about twenty minutes. She had noticed when she'd first entered the room that he had a full array of weapons laid out on his desk. He had a large plimsoll - she'd felt that before and knew he laid it on with great gusto. She'd also been on the receiving end of his wooden paddle and had been bruised for at least a week after he'd blistered her rear end with it. But she'd spotted that he also had a nasty-looking cane there. She'd heard horror stories about that. It was difficult to imagine but there seemed to be a generally held opinion that it hurt even more than the paddle. She hoped against hope that she wasn't going to find out for herself if that was true.

Favourite for August

It may be a long time ago now, but there really was a time when errant pupils in English schools might be given the dreaded instruction "Touch your toes" immediately before a caning was firmly applied to the recipient's bottom. I heard that instruction given to others on several occasions and it was quite chilling. It always strikes me as much more evocative than the American equivalent of "Assume the position."

And it is a lovely sight when someone can follow the instruction so precisely.

Image courtesy of Miss Sultry Belle.

Those Chinese videos...

I would guess most of the spanko community has seen some of the plethora of Chinese videos that hit the scene recently, mainly on TikTok and YouTube. It started with pairs of players doing the old classic rock-paper-scissors game, where the winner got to whack the loser with an implement - mostly resembling a paddle, a cane or a belt and invariably across their bottom while they bent forward submissively.

The initial torrent of videos may have abated a little but there are also plenty of new ones. It's difficult to reliably keep track of when already posted videos have been reposted from other accounts. There have also been some variations - some great fun and others rather confusing. The confusing ones are particularly those where more than two players take part. So, for example, there are quite a few with two boys and one girl - one boy challenges the girl to the rock-paper-scissors game. If she wins she gets to whack both of the boys but if she loses, each of the boys gets to whack her. It's not rocket science to calculate that each outcome has a 50:50 chance of happening, meaning she is going to get hit twice as many times as either of them. I struggle to see how she is persuaded to agree to that.

Then there have been several videos where they use large elastic bands (resistance bands?) stretched tightly around the loser and then released giving a sharp stinging impact on a quite precisely controlled area. There has also been a bit more variation in targets. Perhaps it's a surprise that sometimes they have been delivered to bare legs, for example, leaving the 'victim' with very publicly visible marks.

Right from the outset, they seem to have played these games with little concern about being overseen by others. However, there have been a handful of video clips starting to appear in very public settings such as a busy shopping district. The lack of intervention by those passing by might suggest that there is, at least in some places, quite widespread knowledge and acceptance of the games.

There have also been a few where, instead of bending forward, the 'victim' is lying face down on a bench or table and they are beaten with what appear to be really large planks of wood. While these may seem strange to the Western eye, they probably reflect a form of punishment that was quite widespread in the past in China.

There have also been some alternative games to replace rock-paper-scissors. The most popular seems to be the use of large dice. Although initial use seemed to be restricted to 'largest number wins' they have mostly moved on to the loser getting the number of strokes reflected by the winner's throw. Sometimes it's not competitive - the boy throws and gives the girl the number he's thrown and then she throws and gives him the number she's thrown. Very occasionally I have seen a loser having to endure six hard strokes - unfortunately, the girls seem to very rarely be able to stay in position throughout the punishment.

There are a very large number of accounts posting - I have counted 38 TikTok accounts (the most prolific being @thutrangcl, @thichdangvd, @qupewss11, and most prolific of all @tieutudi) and well over 60 YouTube channels (most prolific being Girl's funny, Man man, and Funny Brave Challenge). Another YouTube channel called Anokha channel D posted a lot of videos but now seems to have gone a bit quieter - the interesting thing here is that whereas most clips are around 3-5 minutes long, on this last channel their clips are compilations usually running to 11-15 minutes).

One interesting development I've noticed recently is that some TikTok postings have had a warning notice posted on them.

Look right to the bottom of this screen. I would have thought this was rather unnecessary and obvious to anyone. I wonder if there are any people in other countries who are ready to risk disregarding the warning...

Favourite for July

 

Many years ago, I can remember reading a scholarly piece of research into different attitudes to punishing boys and girls, both at school and at home. Sadly, I didn't keep a copy (not a mistake I would make if I came across something like that today!) and I can't remember the exact figures they had come up with. I'll make some fairly credible statistics to illustrate what they found.

There were three main conclusions:

1. Both boys and girls did receive corporal punishment on occasion, but
2. Boys were eight times more likely to receive corporal punishment than girls, however
3. Girls were almost twice as likely to have clothing moved or removed for the punishment

The second conclusion was explained by the view that boys were more likely to do bad things than girls and that even if they did the same thing, people were more reluctant to use corporal punishment on girls than they were on boys. The third conclusion was explained that if a girl was wearing a skirt it was relatively easy to lift the skirt out of the way and that having done so it was also relatively easy to pull her underwear down. With boys wearing trousers it was more fiddly and time-consuming to do something similar. I think there's another issue which, as I remember it, the report authors did not consider. When a person wearing trousers needs to bend over to get smacked, caned, paddled or whatever across their bottom, the bending process simply causes the material in the trousers to be stretched more tightly, thereby making the punishment more effective. However, when a girl wearing a skirt or dress bends over, in many cases the lower hem will actually impede the punishment, thus leading the person conducting the punishment to decide it is necessary to move it out of the way.

In English schools, in the era when the cane ruled the schoolroom, there were, unquestionably, occasions when a girl would be the recipient of a caning. However, as time moved on, there was growing unease about caning a girl's bottom. Some schools changed their rules so that if girls had to be caned, it weould be given across the palms of their hands. Others changed their rules so that boys could be caned across their bottoms, but for the fairer sex, a 'slipper' would be used instead because it was seen as less severe. The 'slipper' in practice was more commonly a gymshoe/plimsoll/dab/sandshoe or whatever it was known as in your part of the country.

And so we come to this month's favourite picture. It's unusual for me to choose a B&W image but somehow it seems to add to the potential believability of the scene. And there is little doubt, that on occasions, a badly behaved schoolgirl would have found herself being told to touch her toes, the schoolteacher realising that the hem of the skirt would impede the punishment, lifting it up and folding it on to the girl's back, and then delivering some hard stinging whacks across her tightly stretched regulation school knickers.