Directed by Gabby Revilla Lugo and written by Dana Brawer, this film starts with a book club who are all reading a series of books with the same name as the title of this movie, Secret Life of a Dominatrix. I wonder if they’re all reading the book by Summer Bradford, which I found on Walmart’s web site, that has purple prose like this to sell it: “My name is Sarah Fielder, normal looking University student. However, you may know me by my other persona, Miss Trix. Mistress Trix, Dominatrix.”

May (Mariel Molino) is pretty excited about reading this book, because her sex life with her husband Kurt (Andrew Biernat, who seems to have a fan club on IMDB giving this 10/10 reviews) has grown stale ever since she had a miscarriage and oh yeah, had an affair.

Her friends get all worked up as well, so they decide to go check out a local sex club, which actually ends up being people talking and not just having wall to wall sex, which is pretty realistic one imagines. May becomes friends with Olivia (Jenna Kanell) and Kelly (Marcia Harvey) and several other women, gradually realizing that she is not a submissive but instead dominant.

When she tries to bring that fun home to her husband and be honest — instead of cheating again — he keeps going hot and cold with her. It’s just not for him, so she decides to keep it all held within.

And that would be the movie, except this also wants to be a giallo — well, erotic thriller — and have a Red Light Killer who can’t be anyone other than Kurt. This murderer ends up offing one of the book club members, Dee (Imani Vaughn-Jones), and makes all the ladies decide to stay inside instead of exploring dungeons. Well, except May, who can’t stay away, and soon learns that her husband — again, surprise — also goes to the same club to be a rough — and none well liked — dom.

She springs this knowledge on him in bed, hoping to finally get a bunch of the rough trade she’d be hoping for and even lets loose her dom side, which surprisingly — and by that I mean not at all — does not play well with his. He loses his marbles, shoves her head into a wall and starts to threaten her life, even attacking one of her friends that comes in to save her. Luckily, her skills with a rope — she was a farm girl, so tying people up comes quickly — end up with him dead and her still breathing. I have no idea how anyone would explain this to any officer of the law or court.

None of that matters because this has a twist ending that — do I even need spoilers after that one before? — everyone is alive, the book club are all still friends and May has claimed her sexuality. She’s moved on past Kurt — and didn’t lynch him — and everybody is happy. Wink at the camera.

You can watch this on Tubi.