A quietly captivating blonde with an equally-captivating bosom, Mistress Ilsa Strix's placid blue eyes lull the viewer into a false sense of serenity. Scratch her calm exterior, and there lies the true nature of an immobile, iron-clad dominant.

And that's with a capital "D," mister.

The video is built around interviews with Strix, whose articulate answers are drawn from an adult life based on continuos high-level academia, as well as an enormous wellspring of pro-Dom experience.  The video segues into vignettes which delve into specialized areas of dominance and degradation.  One particularly enjoyable segment spotlights a delightful specialty of the house: Strix's love of pricks -- needles, that is.  Fears reminiscent of childhood visits to the doctor's office (remember that, kiddies?) project deeply upon your psyche as her slave, clad only in a g-string, stands attentive while Strix paints a lovely iodine heart on his back, and then inserts an array of needles around the heart shape.  This is topped off by lacing string 'round the heart, before allowing the slave to kiss her hand in gratitude.

We next enter a room where a naked, blue-haired woman (performance artist Jade-Blue Eclipse) hangs in a sling, her legs spread wide and waiting.  The background is deceptively ethereal, and layered with numerous subliminal messages (ironically, the shadowy words the eyes of God read on the wall behind Eclipse's open legs) as Strix's slave, mouth held open by an evil-looking metal device, lies supine below the suspended woman as Eclipse trickles urine upon his face.

Embracing human sexuality as it should rightly be perceived (as a natural, positive thing and not a shameful malady), Strix's refusal to become jaded by her chosen profession is refreshing, and she expresses this with a believable sense of probity, eschewing the "soft white underbelly" of puritanical naysayers.

"S/M, with its newfounded hipness, presents a slight danger," explains Strix, "because the media and pop culture has grasped onto the novelty of S/M.  The fact is, you're getting into the deepest, darkest part of someone's sexuality."

Of course, there are certain areas Strix deems verboten, such as coprophagia (look it up, Einstein), but has other savory treats for the viewer.  Witnessing her prodigious roping skills on Eclipse, the camera fixates on a softly focused, slo-mo Strix, framed by a beautiful stained glass window as she flogs the bound woman.

The cherry topping is Eclipse lying back, receiving a grandiose mix of pleasure and pain as Strix inserts a neat row of small-gauge piercing needles on the woman's chest, while her slave applies a vibe to her clit, with a finale of an off-cameral vaginal fisting.  Eclipse wails as she bucks and heaves in goosebump-raising, orgasmic frenzy.

Artful, nom-worthy editing and spooky dramatic music adds to the intensity. You'll definitely want to rewind this number over... and over again.