Jack Quaid Novocaine spoilers, Trailer, Where to Watch & Cast and Crew Trivia
A spoiler-filled Novocaine (Mr. No Pain) deep dive featuring the ending explained, cast breakdowns, filmmaking notes, behind-the-scenes trivia, and streaming availability.
Thrillers are designed to hold your interest and elicit feelings of suspense and anticipation. You’ll often hear the term ‘nail-biting’ and ‘edge of your seat’ attributed to a thriller.
Movies categorized as thrillers can produce anxiety towards characters within the narrative. The protagonist will more than likely be in danger from the very beginning of the film.
Thrillers generally don’t include a lot of graphic violence unless specifically included with another genre.
A spoiler-filled Novocaine (Mr. No Pain) deep dive featuring the ending explained, cast breakdowns, filmmaking notes, behind-the-scenes trivia, and streaming availability.
Novocain review: Jack Quaid delivers a breakout performance as a bank manager with a rare genetic condition who can’t feel pain, turning his disability into a superpower when robbers kidnap his new girlfriend. This Christmas-set action thriller blends romance, dark comedy, and inventive violence into feel-good carnage.
Lurker (2025) review: Archie Madekwe stars in this dark psychological thriller about a stalker who infiltrates a musician’s inner circle. When obsession meets industry manipulation, everyone becomes complicit. A Fantasia Film Festival standout now on NBC
My review of Sew Torn (2024), the SXSW hit from Freddie and Fred McDonald. Starring a phenomenal Eva Connolly, this film presents a triptych of terror as a seamstress at a crossroads must choose her fate. A darkly funny, fantastically creative thriller that re-threads the needle on choice and consequence.
Simon Stone’s adaptation of Ruth Ware’s novel brings Keira Knightley aboard a luxury yacht for a psychological thriller that maintains atmosphere but sacrifices surprise for familiar genre beats
In Great White Waters, cartel cocaine disappears beneath Florida’s waves, unleashing a deadly game with sharks circling the prize. Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante and starring Angela Cole, this Asylum production offers a surprisingly watchable mix of suspense, dark humor, and genre tropes despite its CGI flaws.