What exactly is Gunge Porn?
I caught up with James, the director of GungeStudsX, to talk about getting messy, and cleaning up.
Is gunge porn a fetish?
Without doubt — it’s become so popular as a fetish that several fetish clubs in London are now investing time and money into having gunge theme nights.
How would you describe gunge porn?
I think it’s different things to different people. For me, I think it brings out a sense of fun in people — which is how I ended up working for GungeStudsX. I’ve never thought that sex should be entirely serious, and getting guys aroused and getting them to smile at the same time is a huge turn-on.
Others like the more sense-based side — I like this part as well — usually the gunge is kept warm and smooth, so it’s essentially like making out in warm lubricant. For other people there’s a humiliation aspect to it that they get off on.
What are the most popular substances to feature in gunge porn?
The ‘gunge’ is usually a substance called natrasol — essentially food thickener mixed with water — that’s then coloured. We also use custard quite a bit — it’s the ultimate edible gunge — and shaving foam.
Although we don’t use it on GungeStudsX, I know of guys who use wallpaper paste as it’s ‘easier’ to buy than natrasol — it has a very similar look but it’s not edible. Others love using nothing but food stuffs — black treacle, and cream cakes — and there’s also a lot of guys out there who love nothing better than natural mud.
How do you find the guys that you cast in your gunge porn scenes?
All over the place. At the moment we’re raiding the porn world. One of the guys we’ve just worked with was approached after he was used by a fetish club as their ‘warm up’ before a gunge night. He tweeted the next day how much he’d enjoyed it, so we approached him and he shot with us last week.
Are the scenes that you feature always solos or are there also gunge sex scenes?
At the moment we’re doing solo scenes, but we’re slowly making plans for duo scenes. I can’t say when we’ll film our first duo, but it’s very much on the cards.
What sort of people are into gunge porn?
The audience for GungeStudsX is predominantly gay men. However, when it comes to gunge porn in general, it’s pretty much anyone you could think of. There’s a huge market for females getting gunged that appeals to the straight audience, and there are women who enjoy seeing men gunged as well.
At the gunge events that I’ve been to myself, it’s been all ages, all body types, all looks. Let’s face it, when you’ve had 40 litres of gunge emptied over you in the tank, it’s going to be your personality that’s on show, more than whatever shape your body is in.
What sort of feedback do you get from your audience?
We did some market research last year so we could tailor our shows more to what people wanted. We had over 100 replies, and it became apparent that there wasn’t a consensus of what people wanted. Some didn’t want to see any food stuffs being used, others only wanted to see food stuffs. Most people want to see bright colours used — which ties in with people seeing it as a fun fetish — but others want to see it as really gross-looking slime, for the humiliation aspect. Then there’s the fact that everyone has a different preference for body types, body hair, what they wear, and which parts of them get gunged — feet are exceptionally popular. The only thing people seem to agree on is that they want to see lots of gunge used.
Who cleans up the mess?
I would love to say that we have an army of people to clear up at the end of the shoot, but for GungeStudsX it’s basically myself, buckets, and black sacks. It’s why so many amateur gunge porn is filmed in bathrooms — virtually nothing to clean up, you just run the tap, and wash it down the plughole. That’s another reason why natrasol is used — it’s not harmful to the environment.
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