Reviewed 2011-07-10 l Last update on 2023-08-23
Horny Thief Tales is a hardcore specialty site that features cat burglars who do a little bit more than just steal the family jewels. Alone or in pairs, the burglars break into unsuspecting women's homes, steal some valuables, and then allow their horniness to overtake them. The women are more than happy to add a little excitement to their lives and fuck a stranger (or 2!) in a ski mask, and it's all caught on tape! Membership to the site includes free bonus access to 26 additional sites in the network.
It looks like Horny Thief Tales has been around for just about one year, and the collection is still quite small at just 33 video/photo combo scenes. Updates are definitely slow and erratic and so far there have been just 12 updates in 2011 which averages out to around two new scenes per month. Although it's nice that growth is still occurring, this is a pretty slow rate for a site this small. Luckily, the very large bonus package can help to pick up the slack here.
It looks like most or all of the performers here are Russian with perhaps a few non-Russian Europeans thrown into the mix. All of the dialogue is in Russian and there are no translations or subtitles provided, but it's pretty easy to follow the action. There's not too much idle chit chat or pointless plot, just enough to set the scene of a burglar breaking into a house, getting caught, and somehow managing to get out of the situation not only unscathed but thoroughly fucked and sucked. Most of the scenes include one burglar with one or two women, but a few feature only a single horny thief.
All of the videos I downloaded here displayed at 832x468 pixels with bitrates in the 2100 kbps range. I thought the scenes looked perhaps a bit better than their relatively low specs would indicate, but there is some noticeable quality loss if you enlarge to full screen or sometimes during fast motion. Each video averages about 20 or 25 minutes long and comes with a set of digital still photos. While the photos are obviously less of a focus than the flicks, quality is nice and the pictures measure up at about 1200 pixels on the long side.
The nicely designed and fairly extensive tour pages for Horny Thief Tales offer an in-depth preview of not only this collection but also the bonus sites. You can choose which site to preview using a drop-down menu, and all of the available scenes for that site are provided in a list with easy access to screen captures and other preview materials.
The members area is straightforward and simple to use, but the site would definitely be improved by the addition of some real search tools. As it stands, most everything is simply presented in the order that it was added to the site with an additional option to order things by rating, but that's just not enough for a network this size.
The options for accessing and viewing the videos could also use some improvement. While each photo set is presented in a basic thumbnail gallery with additional options for a slideshow or a downloadable ZIP file, the videos are only available for streaming or download in Flash or WMV formats only.
Horny Thief Tales has a good concept going and is executing it fairly well in its relatively small collection. Unfortunately, the size is a problem and it's really only the large bonus package that even makes this one worthy of consideration. Less than 50 scenes is just too small and on its own I just couldn't give this one a recommendation. Even as it is, you'll definitely want to take a close look at the sites that are included in the bonus package before making your final decision here.
