Painkillers

About Painkillers

After a terrible car crash in which his son dies, a brilliant surgeon becomes prey to unbearable physical pain, and it can only be eased by the taste of human blood. When he encounters a man who claims he can help him get his life back, he embarks upon a nightmarish journey through which he will either have to come to terms with his pain… or become a monster.

Painkillers is a 2019 drama film directed by Roxy Shih. The film is filed under car crash, guilt, surgeon, and drinking blood.

Tate Birchmore appears as Brian, Adam Huss as John Clarke, Madeline Zima as Chloe Clarke, and Mischa Barton as The Girl. It runs 83 minutes and was released in January 2019.

The screenplay is by Giles Daoust. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

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