LOS ANGELES — Queer/trans porn studio AORTA films has unveiled an official website for its second feature, "Haunted."
Written by Carmen Maria Machado, "Haunted" is an erotic thriller that explores how ghosts of the queer community’s past, including the AIDS crisis, echo in present-day queer and trans sex. The story follows filmmakers Sam, Jane, and June as they collaborate on their latest project, but the team can’t quite agree whether they’re researching queer legacies of loss or looking for literal ghosts.
"A lustful, trickster spirit disrupts the already tense situation with a psychosexual haunting more visceral and terrifyingly ecstatic than anyone could imagine," the synopsis reveals.
AORTA's Creative Director, Mahx Capacity, enthused about the project.
"Queer porn goes beyond a niche of the mainstream adult industry and is a fundamentally different genre," said Capacity. "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."
As "Haunted" embarks on the festival circuit, AORTA will release seven recut scenes from the narrative and present them as standalone erotic short films beginning in October. The monthly premieres will lead up to the 2027 debut of the full feature film on the studio’s website.
For more information, visit AortaFilms.
