John Lithgow Terrorizes a Retirement Home in The Rule of Jenny Pen Trailer

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IFC Films has shared trailer for its newest psychological thriller, starring Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush and Golden Globe winnerJohn Lithgow. The movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters on Friday, March 7.

The Rule of Jenny Pen is directed by James Ashcroft from a screenplay written by Ashcroft and Eli Kent, based on the short story by Owen Marshall. The cast also includes Nathaniel Lees as Sonny Ausage, Thomas Sainbury as Carer Mike, Ian Mune as Howie Wicker, George Henare as Tony Garfield, Maaka Pohatu as Dr Neels, Holly Shanahan as Madeline Shepard, Ginette McDonald as Sally Pile, Hilary Norris as Eunice Joyce, among others.

Check out The Rule of Jenny Pen trailer below (watch more trailers):

The video features Lithgow as an elderly psychopath who uses a doll puppet to terrorize his fellow residents in the retirement home. His latest target is a former judge, who must find a way to stop him from causing further damage. The film is executive produced by Ashcroft, Kent, Lithgow, Rush, Emily Gotto, Nicholas Lazo, and Samuel Zimmerman, with Catherine Fitzgerald and Orlando Stewart producing. The creative team also includes director of photography Matt Henley and editor Gretchen Peterson.

“Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen 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 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,” reads the official synopsis. “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.”