Award-winning queer/trans porn studio Aorta Films has launched an official website for its second feature, "Haunted," offering a first look at the movie with curated stills and other details. The film, an erotic thriller, is the inaugural project of Aorta's Induction Series, a program designed to foster collaborations on explicit work.
"Haunted" Unveils Plot and Production Details
The new website for "Haunted" provides audiences with an initial glimpse into the film, which is slated for a full release in 2027. Scene drops from the feature are scheduled to commence in October, leading up to the movie's debut.
"Haunted" was written by Carmen Maria Machado, known for "In the Dream House" and "Her Body and Other Parties." The film is described as an erotic thriller that delves into how "ghosts of the queer community’s past," including the AIDS crisis, resonate in contemporary queer and trans sex. The narrative centers on filmmakers Sam, Jane, and June as they embark on their latest project. The team's objective is unclear, as they are depicted as unable to agree on whether they are researching queer legacies of loss or actively seeking literal ghosts.
A plot synopsis reveals that a "lustful, trickster spirit disrupts the already tense situation with a psychosexual haunting more visceral and terrifyingly ecstatic than anyone could imagine." The film aims to center authentic queer identities and pleasure without sanitization or fetishization.
The Induction Series and Its Vision
"Haunted" marks the first installment in Aorta's Induction Series. This program invites "visionary thinkers" to collaborate on the creation of explicit work. A studio representative stated that the Induction Series is "designed to ignite larger conversations about pornography’s historic role as a cultural instigator, media of merit and art form of significance."
The series utilizes "explicit queer sex as an essential tool for telling queer and trans stories in an era of increasing repression." By employing the genre of erotic thriller as a framework, the film explores the echoes of the queer community's past in present-day queer and trans sex.
Mahx Capacity, Aorta’s creative director, commented on the broader significance of queer porn. Capacity stated, "Queer porn goes beyond a niche of the mainstream adult industry, and is a fundamentally different genre." Capacity further elaborated, "For queer people, porn is (and always was) liberatory political praxis—a place where the community’s joy, grief, struggle, celebration and history are synthesized into an embodied, cathartic practice."
Festival Circuit and Release Schedule
"Haunted" has begun its journey on the festival circuit, receiving its first acceptances to film festivals worldwide. In conjunction with this, Aorta Films plans to release seven recut scenes from the "Haunted" narrative. These scenes will be presented as standalone erotic shorts, with their premieres scheduled to begin in October.
Monthly scene premieres will continue, leading up to the full feature film's debut on the studio’s website in 2027. For additional information, visitors can access AortaFilms.com.
Key Facts
- Aorta Films launched an official website for its second feature, "Haunted," on June 11, 2026.
- "Haunted" is an erotic thriller written by Carmen Maria Machado.
- The film is the first project in Aorta's Induction Series.
- Scene drops from "Haunted" are slated to begin in October, with the full movie releasing in 2027.
- Seven recut scenes from the narrative will be released as standalone erotic shorts, starting in October.
- Mahx Capacity is Aorta’s creative director.
