Children often grow up being told fairy tales, and although there are variations to these classics, the basic story is usually the same. "The Craving" however completely shatters any ideas you might have had about these childhood stories. This fairy tale themed porn takes Sleeping Beauty, The Pied Piper, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and the Princess and the Frog and completely corrupts them. The concept behind these altered fairy tales is that they are the erotic versions of the classics, intended to arouse and entertain a more mature audience.

The packaging for this DVD is simple, but very well done. The DVD box looks like an old leather bound book and the top and bottom of the box are illustrated to look like the pages of a book. The cover of the box opens to reveal a beautiful landscape scene with Jessica Drake sitting and holding "The Craving" book. Inside the box is a colorful insert which contains the DVD, and a little accompanying story booklet. The little booklet contains a story for each scene in the movie, and also includes pictures of the corresponding scene. One of the coolest things about the packaging, that goes along with the book theme is the three bookmarks that come included with the DVD. The bookmarks each display a picture of Jessica Drake from the movie.

The movie is about an hour and 21 minutes in length, and was directed by Brad Armstrong. The film was shot in a kind of grainy/blurry lens. I personally felt like it added to the dreamlike quality of the scenes. I also really enjoyed the music for this movie. The music switches from classical fairy tale music to faster paced club beats when the action begins. I thought that the contrast between these two drastically different music styles worked well, and I also felt the transitions between these styles happened at the appropriate times in the movie. Something else that must be noted is that the costuming, sets, hair and makeup for this movie are absolutely gorgeous. The attention to detail in these areas really adds to the overall quality of the film.

The menu for the DVD is set up to look like the pages of a pop up book, and when the movie begins the book closes and the audience is able to see the cover, which looks exactly like the DVD box cover. This was another little feature that added to the presentation of the product.

SCENE ONE Sleeping Beauty
This is a scene between Jessica Drake and Justin Magnum. The prince wakes up sleeping beauty with true love's kiss. They then engage in a romantic tryst. The scene contains oral and vaginal sex in a few different positions. It ends with a cum shot to the face.

SCENE TWO The Pied Piper
This scene contains Jessica Drake, Brooke Haven, Kayla Carrera, Kimberly Kole, and Randy Spears as the Pied Piper. Jessica Drake narrates that the original fairy tale was wrong, the Pied Piper wasn't hired to lead the rats out of town, it was instead the local whores that needed to be led away. Randy is "handsomely rewarded" with an orgy. This scene has a lot going on at once. The girls split into two groups for the majority of the scene with two girls caressing and pleasuring each other on one side, and the other girls pleasuring Randy on the other side. This scene contains some vaginal sex, but it also has a lot of oral sex, and caressing. A vibrator even makes an appearance at one point. The scene ends with Randy cumming into two of the girls mouths. These girls spit some of the cum into the other girls mouths, and on their breasts. The last image the audience sees is of a very satisfied and physically worn out Pied Piper.

SCENE THREE Little Red Riding Hood
This scene plays out between Chelsea Rae, and Tyler Knight and is perhaps the most interesting scene on the DVD. Little Red is wandering through the woods and notices that she is being followed by a wolf. The wolf turns into a half man half wolf. The wolf costume makes this scene a little awkward, because it comes complete with sharp teeth, and nails. If you like bestiality, or you're able to overcome the way the wolf looks, the scene ends up being pretty good. It contains oral, and vaginal and anal sex that's a little rougher in nature. At the end of the scene the wolf cums on Little Red's face, and then leaves her lifeless body.

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SCENE FOUR Rapunzel
In this scene Mikayla is the princess that has been locked away by the sorceress to preserve her pureness and virginity. Tommy Gunn in the form of a prince comes along and climbs her long braided hair up to her tower. Personally, I think that this scene had the most passion and chemistry. It contains oral sex, and vaginal sex in a few different positions. At one point the prince uses Rapunzel's long tresses as a kind of bridle as he screws her from behind. The scene ends with a cum shot to the face and on her chest. When the prince is napping contentedly on Rapunzel's bed she handcuffs him so he is unable to escape. She intends to keep him as her sex slave, and the shot ends with the camera panning over a row of skeletons chained to the wall.

SCENE FIVE The Princess and the Frog
This scene begins with Jessica Drake wandering through fields petting animals and admiring the wildlife. It shows the most of Jessica's acting out of all the scenes, and honestly she isn't the most convincing actress in the world. However, I didn't think that her acting took away from the scene too much. She comes upon a frog that tells her, in a language only understandable to the two of them, that if she kisses him he'll turn into a prince. Jessica obliges, and the frog turns into Chris Cannon. He asks her what he can do to repay her, and he ends up eating her out. She in return blows him, and he cums in her mouth and on her face. After this encounter she continues on her journey and meets another frog that wants to be kissed. This frog turns into Joey Ray. She gives him a blow job too, and he finishes in her mouth and on her face. She once again continues on her journey only to be asked for a froggy kiss for the third time. This time however the magic doesn't seem to be working. She attempts to kiss the frog again and again to no avail. The camera pans to the side while all of this kissing is occurring and the audience sees that Marcus London has been watching the entire exchange. They engage in a passionate kiss, and then she proceeds to give him a blow job. He too cums in her mouth and on her face. They stroll off into the distance together holding hands. The audience however sees that his other hand is gnarled and has long sharp nails. This final image leaves the audience with the theme of the film "something wicked this way comes."

FEATURES:
The features section contains a variety of different extras that accompany the film, and provide extra entertainment. My favorite bonus feature was Cinderella's Nightmare which features Brad Armstrong talking about why the Cinderella scene didn't make it into the film. After watching this feature I was very sad that it didn't make it into the movie, because it probably would have been my favorite scene.

This is a porn for when you're looking for something on the "softer" side with a storyline.