Details
- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 7, 2025 (1 year ago)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Origins
- Tags
- Companies
- Light in the Dark Productions
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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
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James AshcroftDirector & Writer
Owen MarshallWriter

Eli KentWriter

John LithgowExecutive Producer
Emily GottoExecutive Producer
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External reviews
Veteran actors wage war in paranoid retirement home horror The Rule Of Jenny PenJohn Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, and a freaky hand puppet face off in the sharp care home horror The Rule Of Jenny Pen.
The Rule of Jenny PenJohn Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush deliver us a mighty duel, as well as a masterclass in character acting in James Ashcroft’s The Rule of Jenny…
The Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horrorA former judge finds himself confined to a nursing home where a sinister puppet rules the roost in James Ashcroft's effective horror.
The Rule of Jenny Pen: The Twilight Years Just Got Darker — Original CinBy Thom Ernst
The Rule of Jenny Pen Delivers a Grotesquely Gripping Battle of WillsAn intensely creepy John Lithgow highlights the beautifully acted The Rule of Jenny Pen, one of the year's most unnerving horror movies.
The Rule Of Jenny Pen Review: I Felt Claustrophobic Watching John Lithgow's Delightfully Terrifying Turn In Unpredictable ThrillerGeoffrey Rush also delivers a moving turn.
John Lithgow Is Terrorizing Geoffrey Rush With a Hand PuppetIn “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” a bonkers new thriller, two of the most esteemed actors of our time are having the times of their lives.
The Rule of Jenny Pen review – John Lithgow pulls the strings in care home horrorGeoffrey Rush’s retired judge is terrorised by Lithgow’s therapy puppet-wielding fellow resident in this claustrophobic tale of elder-on-elder abuse
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush Are Jumpy Old MenJames Ashcroft’s unnerving horror film "The Rule of Jenny Pen" makes us wonder what’s scarier: the inescapable clutch of age, or Lithgow


