The Rule of Jenny Pen – The horror-thriller starring John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush gets a UK release date

Starring Academy Award nominee John Lithgow, Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush and George Henrare.

Shudder and Vertigo Releasing are releasing the twisted thriller The Rule of Jenny Pen. The film will be in UK and Ireland cinemas from 14 March.

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.

The Rule of Jenny Pen is directed by James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark) and has played at Sitges Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where it won Best Actor (Geoffrey Rush) and Best Director (James Ashcroft)

The Rule of Jenny Pen is in UK and Ireland cinemas 14 March from Vertigo Releasing. IFC Films and Shudder will release the film in the US on 7 March.