Raging Stallion Studios

{{short description|American pornographic film studio}}

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| name = Raging Stallion Studios

| logo = Raging Stallion Studios logo.gif

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| type = Private

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| foundation = {{Start date|1998}}

| founder = {{ubl|Chris Ward|J. D. Slater}}

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| location_city = San Francisco

| location_country = United States

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| key_people = {{ubl|Chris Ward|J. D. Slater|Michael Brandon}}

| industry = Gay pornography

| products = Pornographic films

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| owner = Gamma Entertainment

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| homepage = [https://www.ragingstallion.com/ www.ragingstallion.com]

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Raging Stallion Studios is an independent major adult film studio based in San Francisco. It is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography.{{cn|date=May 2023}} It was founded by Chris Ward and J. D. Slater; Michael Brandon later became a co-owner.{{Cite web|title=Raging Stallion|url=https://www.gaydemon.com/reviews/Raging_Stallion.html|access-date=2020-06-29|website=GayDemon.com|language=en}}

In 2005, Raging Stallion released 22 films.{{cite web |date=2006-01-23 |title=Raging Stallion Creates Youthful Offenders Line |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/Raging-Stallion-Creates-Youthful-Offenders-Line-47485.html |website=AVN |access-date=2024-06-12}} In 2009, Raging Stallion merged with AEBN/NakedSword.com.{{Cite web|last=AVN|first=Benji Featherstone|title=AEBN/NakedSword Merges with Raging Stallion, Pistol Media AVN|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/aebn-nakedsword-merges-with-raging-stallion-pistol-media-304432.html|access-date=2020-09-09|website=AVN}} AEBN then purchased Falcon Studios in 2010.[http://cartcms.ragingstallion.com/photocontent/press/press122010.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311071836/http://cartcms.ragingstallion.com/photocontent/press/press122010.html|date=March 11, 2012}}

RSS has taken inspiration from pop culture for some of its movies.{{Cite web|title=Raging Stallion's Cockwork pays tribute to classic film|url=https://www.dailyxtra.com/raging-stallions-cockwork-pays-tribute-to-classic-film-4423|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Xtra Magazine|date=March 21, 2012 }}{{Cite news |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=2020-03-10|title=This Is Why Raging Stallion's Latest Film Has a MAGA Hat|language=en|url=https://www.out.com/sex/2020/3/10/why-raging-stallions-latest-film-has-maga-hat|access-date=2020-06-29 |work=Out}}

In 2018, it started producing bareback movies.{{Cite web|last=Networks|first=Hornet|date=2018-03-09|title=Raging Stallion's Move to Bareback Sex Marks a Huge Shift in Today's Gay Porn|url=https://hornet.com/stories/raging-stallion-bareback/|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Hornet|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-03-10|title=Raging Stallion Studios is The Latest Porn Studio to Go Bareback|url=https://instinctmagazine.com/raging-stallion-studios-is-the-latest-porn-studio-to-go-bareback/|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Instinct Magazine|language=en-US}}