Called “one of the best movies I’ve seen this year” by Stephen King last year, Shudder and IFC Films’ The Rule of Jenny Pen has released its first official teaser trailer this week. The Rule of Jenny Pen is coming to theaters on March 7. The film will make its at-home debut on Shudder at a later date […]
Called “one of the best movies I’ve seen this year” by Stephen King last year, Shudder and IFC Films’ The Rule of Jenny Pen has released its first official teaser trailer this week.
The Rule of Jenny Pen is coming to theaters on March 7. The film will make its at-home debut on Shudder at a later date this year. While you wait, watch the teaser trailer below.
The teaser soaks you in the bizarre dread of the movie set inside an assisted living facility, introducing the characters played by Hollywood veterans John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush.
In the film, “A former judge goes toe-to-toe with an elderly psychopath (John Lithgow) who is using a hand puppet to terrorize the residents at an assisted living facility.”
Here’s the full plot synopsis…
“Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen (Rush) suffers a near-fatal stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed and confined to a retirement home. Resistant to the staff and distant from his friendly roommate, Mortensen soon clashes with seemingly gentle resident Dave Crealy (Lithgow) who secretly terrorizes the home with a sadistic game called “The Rule of Jenny Pen” while wielding his dementia doll as an instrument of cruelty. What begins as childish torment quickly escalates into far more sinister and disturbing incidents. When Mortensen’s pleas to the staff go unanswered, he takes it upon himself to put an end to Crealy’s reign of terror.”
Directed by James Ashcroft and co-written by Eli Kent and Ashcroft, this year’s The Rule of Jenny Pen follows Ashcroft’s acclaimed feature debut Coming Home in the Dark.
Post-The Rule of Jenny Pen, James Ashcroft is working on a slate of features including Max Brooks’ Devolution and Grady Hendrix’ How To Sell A Haunted House for Legendary Studios and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures, The Whisper Man for the Russo Brother’s AGBO Productions/Netflix, and an adaptation of the graphic novel Old Haunts for AWA Studios.
