DH56 (Bondage Bargain) is presented in a very slick format which includes: scene option and slide show, along with a bunch of trailers.

Dan's style is very different to ZFX, his films feature a selected "victim" (of the female kind, of course) and the man himself and a sequence of abominations and political incorrectness which would give feminist Andrea Dworkin heart palpitations and put her in a coma indefinitely.

The victim this time is a leggy blonde - Beth St. John, she is dragged to Dan's Hellish playroom (a kind of artist's loft which you might find in New York's Lower East Side) except instead of easels, canvases and oil paints this one contains depraved dark tools of maliciousness. Dan goes straight 'for the jugular' (no preambles, no time wasting) tying up the young wench to a supporting column. Beth is looking very conservative in her business shirt and miniskirt. She complains and looks disgusted but offers no real resistance, like a fly in a spider's web there's no way out of the clutches of the portly hooded executioner.

Once bound and helpless Dan proceeds to fondle his tender breasts and sets off to inspect the trapped meat displayed, before unleashing his tornado of bestial torment...."nice, veeery nice". Before we can start to munch on the popcorn...a knife is produced (this is where Andrea Dworkin starts to gasp and hyperventilate) Dan artfully teases her mammaries and proceeds to slice her shirt with the knife, this is harder than it looks so Dan finishes the job with his bare hands and rips the fabric like wallpaper, her funbags pop out...a real handful of tit with raspberry nipples surrounded by a snow hue of softness...a red ball gag is stuffed in her mouth as he gropes and fondles her some more...."niiice reeeeaaal nice, you're used to having big things in your mouth" he teases her some more.

We continue....Ropemaster Dan (who I bet is an abseiler as well) works his knot magic. Ankles are restrained to hooks nailed to the floorboards and a "chastity rope" is strapped on and slotted into her succulent pussy...and what a pussy it is: a large meaty slit with pink tender labia...I though I could get a whiff of her sweaty steamy cunt even from this side of the screen. No need to get his blood pressure dangerously high, none of that senseless screaming directed at the victim which you see in other bondage films, he kindly purrs to her "nice, real nice....now let's get that pussy high up in the air"...the man is as 'cool as a cucumber'.

You really have to admire this babe, she takes all the pain and humiliation like a true athlete. She takes all that's given to her with sheer determination as she is suspended with her legs, long white perfect legs up in the air with a "pulley" (ankles in leather straps and wearing black big platformed leather shoes). Dan stretches poor Beth to 'breaking point' as she lies on the floor with her hands manacled behind her back. The man produces a long riding crop, he caresses her ass with it and gives it a few humorous slaps on her irresistible cheeks and moves northward to the slit which is still sporting a 'rope bikini', he whips her on her shaved red raw cunt which is now oozing a trail of girly moisture.

Once his display is complete he leaves his victim to squirm and enjoy the pain right in front of our very eyes, I must say it's one of my favourite scenes- as the leggy victim is left contorting in a pool of misery....Dan is a true 'Jacobean' at heart reminding us mortals that we are basically sacs of flesh, blood and guts and totally useless in the face of the universe when simply restrained....(let's not get to metaphysical here...shall we?)

Mmmmm..."That's an interesting position.....nice veeery nice", we continue with the sublime torture...."you are bit vulnerable in this position, YOU relax and I'll be back later, Don't forget me while I'm gone" - You are a real 'charmer' Dan!!

Now for a change of wardrobe: Our helpless heroine is now wearing gothic style arm length black gloves, hands tied to a swinging beam, gagging on a 'cylinder shaped' gag (I'm sure there's a fancy name for these somewhere!) which beautifully complements her reddish pubic bush, ropes are placed around her and chained nipple clamps are attached to those rosy raspberry nipples...a padlock strategically is left hanging on the chain for that added extra weight, she is a strong tough girl our Beth!!, - in the background you can hear police sirens from a world which is oblivious to the dark demented depravities taking place in this 'Toybox' of torturous horror. It ain't over!!!! More to come.

Little Beth is now restrained on a wooden plank leaning on a bar stool, legs are chained raised and suspended, she is wearing police style handcuffs, rope around waist...the water torture begins as Dan suspends a bucket and places a huge water bottle filled with water...of course, he makes a tiny puncture in the bottle and leaves if there to fill the bucket...heavy water torture indeed, a little unusual but it works, still a great inventive scene, I felt sorry for poor Beth, it must have been bloody painful! Her echoing muffled groans made up for the lack of musical soundtrack....simply bliss!

Now it's time for an ol' fashioned whipping with a blood coloured 'cat o' nine tails' and another change of wardrobe (very stylish!) white corset with long white silken stockings...very virginal. THE END...of Beth that is, now we get a new girl her name is "Aiysis" - she is a statuesque blonde with medium nice tits (reminds me a bit of Vanilla porn Jill Kelly's tits before her breast enhancement, she is kneeling on the floor on a piece of carpet and she is wearing high heels, a rope G string is attached by THE DAN, he wastes no time in copping a 'feel' of her 'puss': 'warm in there...you're getting excited, the victim is sporting a 'vacuum gag' (mouth remains open but inactive), Aiysis was not bad but I was more attracted to the previous model (Beth)...still I wouldn't say no Aiysis! She does have a pair of gorgeous eyes, the scene in question goes on for a little too long (but that's just my opinion) but the 'payoff' is really worth it - as the tied-up babe drools enough spit to put out the Chicago fire: long shiny ropes of spit trickle in a heavenly glistening cascade over her tits, belly and pussy. The Big man returns "This is the closest thing to pleasure you'll get, her head is now tilted backwards...nothin much more happens.

Next Scene: Aiysis is reading for a bit of candle wax therapy, Dan starts the session with a long green candle placed in the middle of her tits, she is kneeled and has her arms stretched and attached to a plank, great views of her slimy pink fuck ditch, now the writhing starts, Mr. Hawke moves to other parts of the body, it is certainly NOT PLEASANT: "Let's start with this pretty blue one" he tells her, she moans and groans like I haven't heard for a long long time (her muffled groans sound like 'CHER' with a ballgag) He starts to travel 'south' to vagina land as she convulses in agony, Dan turns her skin canvas into a waxy 'Jackson Pollock' painting.....This chick is worn out, no doubt about that - I am not a big fan of wax but I do remember a leggy brunette in my 'Candle Craft' class (this is the 1970's I'm talking about and candlemaking was really big and groovy'- who used to pour wax on her legs....we just though she was nuts....little did us boys know!!), it doesn't do much for me: Too crusty, too messy but...to each his own, on the other hand I got off on her "Kaitlyn Ashley" style pussy: nice and meaty lips.

On a final note this is a satisfyingly wicked work of art, Dan is a master of the pain game...like I said before: a true master and an American Original.