The following contains spoilers for The Rule of Jenny Pen, now playing in theatersThe Rule of Jenny Pen's ending is a bleakly optimistic one that highlights how fighting back against a bully can ...

Directed by James Ashcroft, a New Zealand actor with an impressive directing roster, The Rule of Jenny Pen is already poised to be the most disturbing horror thriller of the year. Based on the ...

John Lithgow as Dave Crealy, Geoffrey Rush as Stefan Mortensen, and Jenny Pen in James Ashcroft’s "The Rule of Jenny Pen." Traditionally, this horror subgenre — which is also referred to as ...

Director James Ashcroft and puppeteer Paul Lewis take IndieWire inside their movie's maternity ward. The centerpiece to a toxic tug-of-war — starring Geoffrey Rush as an elderly man terrorized ...

The Rule of Jenny Pen is a deliciously twisted psychological horror which boasts an instantly appealing battle of wits ...

Those audiences will be the least prepared for “The Rule of Jenny Pen” and may feel its singular wrath stronger than most. That’s an enviable position to be in for one of recent memory’s ...

Among the biggest titles this week are Bring Them Down, a revenge story starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott as rival shepherds in rural Ireland and The Rule of Jenny Pen, a psychological ...

is rare. But in director James Ashcroft‘s creepy nursing home drama The Rule of Jenny Pen they get one and go for it with no brakes applied. It is deliriously delicious to watch, if sometimes ...

Compared to Dave, the judge is a purring kitten. The Rule Of Jenny Pen is a phenomenal exercise in character development, but that’s just one of the incredible tools that is utilized in crafting ...

There's a terrifying new doll on the horror scene, and her name is Jenny Pen. But Crealy finds resistance in one of the home's newest residents, the arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush).

Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush (“Shine”) chatted about his new psychological thriller “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” which was directed by James Ashcroft. Geoffrey Rush in 'The Rule of Jenny ...

John Lithgow as Dave Crealy, Geoffrey Rush as Stefan Mortensen, and Jenny Pen in James Ashcroft’s "The Rule of Jenny Pen." Credit: Courtesy of Matt Henley. An IFC Films and Shudder Release.