Born to Raise Hell from Roger Earl is the standard, the ultimate classic BDSM, gay leather movie that all gay BDSM films are judged by around the world.nnThis classic S/M movie was filmed in 1974. A Marathon Film.nnThe cast is introduced not by the conventional credit lines, but by their names tattooed on various parts of their bodies.nnThe SM is authentic: whipping, pissing, beating, shaving, bondage, groveling, defiled asses, the men are very masculine, very real. Yes, there are hard-ons, but as SM devotes will attest, it's the scene, not the sex, that counts.nnSidney Charles of Drummer magazine wrote, What can you say about a movie that's so hot it needs to be handled with asbestos gloves. Born to Raise Hell is the movie to see with someone you love to beat, or be beaten by.nnLegendary filmmaker Fred Halsted said, The best SM film I've ever seen.nnBorn to Raise Hell is in the New York's Museum of Modern Arts film collection. Roger Earl discovered and cast Val Martin in the lead in this incredible S/M film.nnBorn to Raise Hell brought Val Martin international prominence in gay leather communities around the world.nnIn 1980 Val was 2nd runner up in the International Mr Leather contest. In 2009 the Gay Adult Film Industry presented Roger Earl with the Life Time Achievement award at the Gay VN awards show in San Francisco.