Helix Studios

Helix Studios Review

Helix Studios has been delivering twink and jock porn for nearly 23 years, and it's one of the biggest and best-known twink sites out there. The site brings together the company's three main brands: Helix Studios, Spank This, and 8TeenBoy under one roof. There have been some big changes, including a move to a new management company, so it's time to head back and check out what's new.

The performers are a mix of twinks, college-aged guys and athletic jocks. You'll find boyish guys from 18 through their mid twenties with smooth bodies and dicks that perk up in a light breeze. There are guys with athletic bodies and still more muscular guys, gym jocks rather than bodybuilders. The Helix performers are almost always clean shaven with smooth bodies. From time to time, the studio has brought in older guys like muscle hunk Landon Conrad, bearded Tommy Defendi, ginger hunk Connor Maguire, and sexy Ty Roderick, but these performers usually fill in guest spots and aren't mainstays. Helix has a strong stable of regulars like hung Silas Brooks (Drake Von's twink brother), inked stud Zach Letoa, blond jock Derek Shaw, heart throb Colton Nash, versatile cutie Matthew Grey, among so many others. And the site has launched the careers of others like Trevor Harris, Seth Peterson, Kane Fox, and Joey Mills who have all gone on to have successful careers with other gay porn studios.

There have been a handful of men of color like Pheonix Fellington, Damien Ellis, Marcell Tykes and others who have appeared in over 60 scenes. There have been Latin guys over the years like Ashton Summers, Angel Rivera, Aiden Garcia, and in April 2020, Helix started working with an Argentinian producer who filmed some scenes to launch a new line of videos, but it was a flash in the pan.

Most of the action now happens in duos and threeways with lots of dick sucking and bare ass fucking. The fucking hasn't always been bareback, but nearly half of the scenes (1,812) are bareback. There's plenty of group action, 298 scenes featuring threeways, 39 videos with as many as seven to nine guys, and 40 group sex videos offering double penetration. While we listed 752 solos in our last review, there are now only 444 videos under the solo tag, and the site hasn't released a new one since 2018. For a while, there was also a regular series with blond long-timers Max Carter getting twinks off in handjob action.

Helix Studios now offers 4,160 exclusive videos in MP4 format. Downloads are offered at 1920x1080, plus three smaller sizes. Downloads are now handled differently, the site's new set-up takes a couple of minutes to prepare a video before you're able to download it. I can't say it works well because initially I got notice that my selected video was being prepared, then after a minute, there was a second message saying that things were taking longer than expected. That message never changed, but when I checked my folder, the video had already downloaded and it played just fine. The second video I selected for download happened instantly, so you can expect different results.

The video quality varies over the 23 years of production; the newer vids are sharp, clear and well-lit, while the very oldest are watchable, they are not very crisp, and even the largest ones labelled at 1080p do not fill the whole screen size, but the playing area is flanked by wide black bands. I'm not sure it's worth offering theses older episodes in the two largest sizes because they're not any different than the 480p version. The two smaller sizes are better, although they're still a little on the fuzzy side, however, the quality improves quite a bit after 2005. You can stream the videos in an adaptive player with four speeds and the video resizes automatically to fit your device. The newer videos look good and played well on my mobiles.

A positive change with the videos is the addition of a jump menu. When you first land on an episode's page, you can use the menu to jump ahead to the blowjob, rimming, fucking, or cumshot sections. And if there are different fucking positions like doggy or missionary, you can jump ahead to those as well and this process is flawless with no buffering.

Under Photos on the navbar, you'll find 3,114 episode picture sets under Galleries, then another 189 digital stills under Photo Shoots, and these latter ones usually highlight a single model. These good quality digital stills display at 1000x1500. Also, on each episode's page you'll find a gallery of between 20 to 30 screencaps that are good quality but not as crisp, although they preview the action well. You can save the pictures individually, although zip downloads are no longer available.. There are navigation controls on the viewer that help you move through the galleries. The very oldest scenes have online galleries with fewer pictures that are smaller.. 

It's been 27.5 months since our last review of Helix Studios and they have only added 65 new videos, which works out to around 2.3 videos per month. As the site used to be a prolific updater, so this suggests that there has been a period with no or very few updates, but the site isn't set up to determine this easily. During the summer of 2025, Helix Studios handed over the management of its site to a new marketing company, and while updating has gotten back on track, what isn't known is how often the site is filming new videos. I can tell you that in August 2025 there were seven updates, there were nine in July and eight in June, so things seem to be settling into twice weekly updates on Thursdays and Saturdays. As well, among the new releases are mainstays like Silas Brooks, but newcomers like Tony Lovelocks who is featured in two September releases, so this suggests new productions are happening.

A big change in the HelixStudios members area is that past popular brands like Spank This and 8TeenBoy have been completely absorbed in the members area, there are no long any separate sections for these productions. There have been other brands over the years – Fratboy, Latin Studs, Hot Studs and Raw Lad – and their content is here as well, but again, they aren't featured in their own sections.

There are a few of things to caution you about. By joining this site, you automatically agree to receive commercial emails with no way to opt out until later. The trial option may be streaming only, but this isn't specifically mentioned in the terms. You'll also find both Streaming Only and Streaming + Download memberships offered on the join page, so make sure you sign up for the one you want.

If you click "Browse Movies" on the members area navbar, you'll end up in a separate section that does not feature content available with your membership. These are scenes and DVDs from other studios that are offered for extra streaming and/or download costs. There's also a Sex Toys section as well. If you ever get lost in this section, look for a red "Member Area" button in the top right corner and clicking that will take you back into the Helix Studios members area with all the content available with your membership.

When we last reviewed the site in May 2023, we mentioned twice weekly updates. That considered, we should be seeing around 216 new videos, but there have only been 65 additions. While the site is now back on track with eight monthly updates, there have been inconsistencies over the past two years. Finally, some models have stats on their profile pages, others do not; however, all profiles link to their appearances on the site.

Helix Studios is impressive. It's a premium studio that brings us some of the hottest twinks and jocks around, most of the newest hardcore updates are bareback, and there are some threesomes and the odd solo in the mix. There are 4,160 exclusive videos to download, stream and watch on your mobiles, and while the oldest videos (from before 2005) aren't the best quality, they're still watchable and you get two new updates every week. HelixStudios has always been a fan favorite with some of the most beautiful guys and twinks, so if you've never been a member, you're in for a real treat.

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