Janus Rainer Remembered

The following article was submitted by the daughters of director Janus Rainer, Valerie and Sandy. Rainer passed away May 3.

Janus Rainer, known as the Queen of Bondage, was inducted into AVN’s Hall of Fame in 1994. She was only 46 years old when she earned this lifetime achievement award. Janus was born in New Jersey but transplanted to New York for most of her life and lived out her retirement in Pennsylvania.

She was also known as The Grand Matriarch due to her extensive magazine publishing experience from 1973 until 1999. The material was focused on bondage, transvestite, female domination, male domination and fetish-related subjects. Magazine titles include Deviations Directory, Petticoat Power, Fem Fatale, Humbly yours, Obeisance and more titles too numerous to mention. Newspapers were also produced and published, such as Women in Command and the infamous OUCH (“So good it hurts”).

During the late 1970s Janus also featured live S&M shows at Plato’s Retreat and other bondage-related clubs. One of the major shows was called “An Evening of the Unusual.” During the 1980s Janus Rainer produced, wrote, directed and edited movies for such companies as Bizarre Video, Coast to Coast, Dungeon Video, L.A. Video and VCA Pure Platinum.

With all this experience, Starmaker Video was Janus Rainer’s brainchild. She owned, operated, produced and directed Starmaker’s movies. Her accomplishment during her career is the contribution of over 800 movies to the adult industry (see list below).

Big adult names featured in Janus Rainer’s movies include Ron Jeremy, Luc Wylder, Master Zachary, Ron Hightower, Sir Michael, Rick Savage, Skye Blue, Summer Cummings, Sharon Mitchell, Dynamite, Domino, Arianna, Misty Rain, Bunny Bleu, Britt Morgan, Tricia Yen, Terry Diver, Porche Lynn, Sharon Kane, Champagne and Holly Ryder. There are too many to mention, but Starmaker’s motto was “All Janus’ Stars Shine the Brightest.”

In 1997 Janus Rainer submitted 102 specialty adult bondage movies to Japan’s customs department to be screened for a Japanese adult distributor. Of those, 96 were the first adult specialty bondage movies to be accepted by the Japanese government. There was also widespread European distribution of Starmaker’s specialty line.

In 2003 Janus Rainer retired in Pennsylvania to live out her days. Born March 1, 1948, she died on May 3, 2016. She was loved and will be missed dearly by many. We love you, Janus Rainer, AVN Hall of Famer.

FEMALE DOMINATION MOVIES

Abduction of a Salesman
Aggressive Lesbians
Amazon Island
At the Mercy of Mistress Jacqueline
Beyond the Borderline
Billiard Bondage
Bizarre Sorceress
Mistress Lauren’s Bizarre Picnic
Black Mama’ Punishment Playpen
Black & White & Red All Over
Bondage Watch
Borderline
Bossy Mistress
Boss’ Boy Toy
Bound to be Dominated
Mistress Bridgette’s Justice
Bunnie’s Bondage Land
Case Studies of the Punishing Nurse
Club Doma
Corrected Deception
Crotch Tied
Dangerous Lessons
Dark Discipline
Dark Reality
The Dean’s Spanking
Deck his Ball with Holly
Diary of a Submissive Slut
Disciplinary Action
Disciplined by Catfighters
Disciples of Discipline
Dragon’s Lady’s Domination Techniques
Dungeon Brats
Dungeon Builders Punishment
Dungeon Humiliation
Dungeon Lesbians
Dungeon Punishment
Dungeon Training
Dutch Treat
Dynamite Domination
Extreme Measures
Equestrian Trainers
Fetish Phone Females
Flogged for his Sins
Forgive Them Knot Part 1
Forgive Them Know Part 2
A Humiliating Bind
A Jealous Bind
Kimbra Slave Trainer
Latex, Leather & Lace
Latex Erotica
Lauren’s Adventures in Bondage
Lauren’s Adventures in Bondage 2
Leather & Payne
Maidens of Servitude
Masked & Hooded
Matronly Stern Spanking
Mansion Matron
Mansion of Slave
The Madam’s Boudoir
The Masked Mistress
Mistress Cherrie’s Basic Training
Mistress Domino (PID3)
Mistress Domino’s Nutcracker
Mistress Rules
Mistress Sharon’s Girl Toy
Mistress Sharon Mitchell’s Diaries
3 Mistresses of the Chateau
3 Mistresses of the Mansion
The Mistress is a Lady (PID1)
The Mistress and the Prince
Mommie Severest
More Payne in Amsterdam
Naughty Angel (PID2)
Obeisance
Oriental Dominitrix
A Payne Full Visit
Payne in Amsterdam
Power Games
Pony Boy
Produce or Suffer
Proper Penance
Punished Cheater
Purple Rubber
Paddles Payoff
Reporter Dominates Fetish Star
Rubber Bound Pantied & Masked
Scarlet Cheeks
Secrets in the Attic
Sentence of Pain
She Who Must Be Obeyed
Slave Exchange
Smothered, Bound & Tickled
Smothered & Disciplined
Spank
Spanked in Spades
Smother Power
Stud Puppy
Sweet Humility
The Story of Madame “D”
Submissive Exposure (PIV5)
The Submissive Instinct
Their Absolute Property
A Touch of Danger
Trained into Obedience
Trial of Acceptance
Tropical Bondage Vacation
Two Tied for Obedience
Vamps Blackmail
Victim of Her Thighs
A Visit to Mistress Amanda’s
Women in Command
World of Payne
Women Who Control the Family Jewels
Women Who Control the Family Jewels 2
Women Who Control the Family Jewels 3
Women Who Control the Family Jewels 4

MALE DOMINATION MOVIES

Appointment with Pain
Bound Biker Babes
Bondage Proposal
Bond-Aid
Bondage Seduction
California Pony Girls
Disciples of Bondage
Doctor Discipline
European Domination
Hard Hand Luc
Introduction to the Iron Maiden
Leather Lair
Leather Master
Leather and Tether
Return to Leather Lair
Night of the Supreme Masters
Rock & Roll Bondage Sluts
Savage Discipline
Savage Pain
Sexy Ties & Video Tape
Spanked by Santa
Spanked Geisha Girl
Submissive Flashbacks
Tied and Taunted
Tricia’s Painful Pleasure

DOMINANT COUPLE MOVIES

Bizarre World of Scott Baker
Chateau of Torment
Dungeon Discipline
The Final Lesson
Journey Into Latex
Night at the Whipping Post
Purchased & Punished
Red Tails
Red Tails 2
Show Them No Mercy
Spanking Fantasies
Stern Auditor
Two Tied for Training

TV AND TS MOVIES

Dressed for Spanking
Dressed to Thrill
Home Maid Transvestites
How to Impersonate a Woman
Humiliated Transvestites
A Peek Over the Wall
Red Boots Diary
Secret Retreat
She Male By Choice
Sissy Spanked in Red Panties
Spanking Tea Party
Trained Transvestites
Transvestite Enema Spanking
Transformed for Pleasure
TS Trains TV Hubby
TV Dom Hubby Sub Wife
TV Secrets Revealed
TV Trained to Perform
The Ultimate Submission
Virgil to Virginia
Virginia’s TV Initiation

FOOT FETISH MOVIES

Chocolate Footprints
Footprints
Heal to Toe with Domino
Strictly Heels and Toes
Trampled
Toe-Tally Footage