Praised by Stephen King last September as one of the best horror movies he saw last year, Shudder and IFC Films’ The Rule of Jenny Pen finally has a release date here in early 2025.

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. In the meantime, find the official poster below.

Stephen King summed up the movie in his own words last year by saying, “Geoffrey Rush stars, with John Lithgow as a geriatric psychopath with an evil hand puppet.”

In the film, “A former judge goes toe-to-toe with an elderly psychopath who is using a hand puppet to terrorize the residents at an assisted living facility.”

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.

Catherine Fitzgerald and Orlando Stewart produce the film, executive produced by Ashcroft, Eli Kent, John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Gotto, Nicholas Lazo and Samuel Zimmerman.