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“The thing about horror that is so great is that it kind
of functions like a community. ”
Fantasy Island. Clients can buy novelties or request certain experiences—
“things that they’ve seen on the dark web”—and the shop owners who run
the shop will, “for a certain price, provide that experience.” Vespoli plays an
attorney who wants to meet up with a serial killer from the Victorian era. But
she tells the proprietors, “I have a deposition next week, so I have to survive
the experience.”
As Vespoli moves further away from the formulaic constraints of mainstream
porn, she continues to push boundaries. “I got into adult in part because I
felt there was a real sense of freedom. … Sure, the sex was fun to watch, but
everybody got to do what they wanted. The world they lived in, people were
having fun and everything was a party. … Things were happening and that
seemed so liberating.”
With TerrorXXX, she is bucking the notion that an adult movie must contain
four sex scenes. Sometimes, in fact, she doesn’t even shoot any hardcore
footage: “It takes away from the story; it takes away from the energy.”
She continues, “I love sex in movies. … But in real life when I’m watching
porn, I don’t even need fifteen minutes. I mean, ten is even pushing it for me.
Ten is fine. It’s like the sweet spot. I’m done.”
As her focus shifts to horror, Vespoli is now finding inspiration by engaging
with fans of the genre. “The thing about horror that is so great is that it kind of
functions like a community. … We have a Reddit page for TerrorXXX. I’ll post
things on there but I’ll also post general horror things and also about things
that we are shooting. … I’m always open to different things.”
She adds, “We’re trying to reach out to blogs and festivals and the Reddit
community—it’s persistence. It’s something I care very much about and I
believe in it. … Once it gets traction, it will be consistent.”
Vespoli and Genoa’s work can be seen on both TerrorXXX.com and on
Pornhub Premium.
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