- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 7, 2025 (3 months ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- New Zealand
- Production companies
- Light in the Dark Productions
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- R
The Rule of Jenny Pen

Where to watch (United States)
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
Crew
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
Review: Don't expect a peaceful sleep after seeing 'The Rule of Jenny Pen' Film critic Peter Travers reviews "The Rule of Jenny Pen," directed by James Ashcroft and written by Ashcroft and Eli Kent.
Veteran actors wage war in paranoid retirement home horror The Rule Of Jenny Pen John 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 Pen’ Review: Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow Lock Horns in Dark Dementia Thriller Directed by James Ashcroft, Shudder's 'The Rule of Jenny Pen' is a dark thriller about dementia with great performances and a strong idea. Review.
The Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horror But while ageing is often a point of abjection, where sagging tits and hyperbolically sagging skin come into contact with supple young flesh, The Rule of…
The Rule of Jenny Pen Delivers a Grotesquely Gripping Battle of Wills An 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 movie review (2025) Ashcroft crudely shifts between black comedy and disturbing violence, rather than accomplishing the more difficult task of combining the two into one nauseat...
'The Rule of Jenny Pen' Review: The Scary Business of Being Old 'The Rule of Jenny Pen' ultimately feels as repetitive as watching someone do the same puppet routine over and over again.
John Lithgow Is Terrorizing Geoffrey Rush With a Hand Puppet In “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 — a care home horror with glaring plot holes James Ashcroft’s film starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow beats viewers into bored submission
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush Are Jumpy Old Men James Ashcroft’s unnerving horror film "The Rule of Jenny Pen" makes us wonder what’s scarier: the inescapable clutch of age, or Lithgow