Film • Mar 7, 2025
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychotic who employs a child's puppet to abuse the homes residents with deadly consequences.
The Rule of Jenny Pen
- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 7, 2025 (8 months ago)
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- R
- Themes
- Psychological Horror, Psychological Thriller
- Origin
- New Zealand
- Companies
- Light in the Dark Productions
Cast
Geoffrey RushStefan Mortensen
John LithgowDave Crealy
George HenareTony Garfield
Nathaniel LeesSonny Ausage
Thomas SainsburyCarer Mike
Maaka PohatuDr. Neels
Irene WoodOlive Shaw
Ian MuneHowie Wicker
Bruce PhillipsPeter Llewyn
Holly ShanahanMadeline Shepard
Paolo RotondoPsychologist
Yvette ParsonsCarer Tania
Rashmi PilapitiyaNurse Anita
Ginette McDonaldSally Pile
Semu FilipoCoach
Hannah LynchCarer Joy
Anapela PolataivaoCarer Jasmine
Hilary NorrisEunice Joyce
Richard ChapmanMusician
Nick BlakeTobias Popanovich
Jane WaddellComfrey Hails
Lutz HalbhubnerSean Dunn
Ariadne BaltazarCarer May
Fiona CollinsCarer Grace
Sam Carter
Scores
- Average Score
- 64%
IMDb
- 62%
Metacritic
- 66%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- Low
- Violence
- Low
- Profanity
- Moderate
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low
- Fright & Intensity
- Moderate
Reviews
AV ClubVeteran actors wage war in paranoid retirement home horror The Rule Of Jenny Pen
Little White LiesThe Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horror
Paste MagazineThe Rule of Jenny Pen Delivers a Grotesquely Gripping Battle of Wills
The Daily BeastJohn Lithgow Is Terrorizing Geoffrey Rush With a Hand Puppet
William Bibbiani‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush Are Jumpy Old Men
