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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Rule of Jenny Pen begins streaming on Shudder Friday, March 28. The grueling but entertaining psychological thriller The Rule of Jenny Pen introduces one of the strangest movie villains you ...

Getting old, “The Rule of Jenny Pen” argues, is the most depressing ring of Hell. Dave Crealy is there too, not that anybody notices. He shuffles across the building, to and fro, with a ...

Geoffrey Rush in ‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’Courtesy IFC Films/Everett Collection The ideal mountaintop for a Machiavellian hand-puppet, the legendary wrist of Academy Award winner John Lithgow ...

This certainly seems to be the case at the Royal Pine Mews Care Home, the fictional New Zealand setting for much of “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” a new film from the director James Ashcroft.

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Shudder has acquired the rights to “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” a thriller about a stroke-ridden judge trying to stop an elderly psychopath that stars Oscar-nominee John Lithgow and Oscar-winner ...

That Influenced “The Rule of Jenny Pen.” A labor of love from filmmaker James Ashcroft, puppeteer Paul Lewis, and star actor John Lithgow, the titular prop drew on a slew of sources.