Visit Retro Raw

Often when I go to the backroom of my local video store, I may as well be walking into the Blockbuster Video of the porn world. The shelves are always loaded with new releases and rarely do you find any of the old classics. However, Retro Raw just happens to be a vintage site where you can get off seeing the performances of some of the most famous pornstars.

John Holmes, Vanessa del Rio and Ginger Lynn are some of the more familiar names you'll come across. However, there are others who were big back in the 1970s and 1980s and RetroRaw also brings them to your screen.

Since this is a movie site, you won't find any photos other than the preview thumbnails. I also didn't come across any bonus sites, which kind of bites. Then again, this isn't exactly an expensive site considering you're getting a whack of hard-to-find titles.

There are 145 feature films and with about seven scenes per film, that makes for something like 1,015 videos and it looks as if there's at least one new DVD added to the collection each month. Movies are available in "high" and "low" Windows Media formats and the quality is often good. The videos are a little grainy at times, but that has to do with the fact that they were made many years ago.

I actually hoped for more since there have been thousands of movies produced in the last 35 years. I was also a bit surprised to not see big-time classics like "Deep Throat." In any case, I'd say that this site has a fetish for John Holmes' films. There are also many movies with pornstar Seka, who is said to have made her name by starring in a number of films with Holmes, but who eventually became one of the most legendary women in porn.

As I expected, there are storylines and lots of dialog in the films, yet what I always appreciate about vintage is that the movies are lengthy. Contemporary films almost seem like premature ejaculation compared to these longer ones in which guys often held back longer than what was deemed humanly possible. Some of the acting is a bit over the top, but the more famous stars are often more natural than their costars.

Different pornstars are known for different types of sex, but there's one thing for certain: You'll never be disappointed by these famous performances and the diversity of sex across the board on Retro Raw. You may, however, be a little bit disappointed by the lack of extras and how infrequently you get new films.