By now, you should be well aware of James Ashcroft’s dark comedy nightmare, The Rule of Jenny Pen. This twisted tale stars John Lithgow in one of his most sinister roles yet (which is saying a lot) alongside Geoffrey Rush. The film follows a retired judge who, after suffering a stroke, is placed in a senior living home—only to become the target of unspeakable torment at the hands of Lithgow’s character, who wields his dementia doll, Jenny Pen, with unsettling menace.
The first trailer dropped a few weeks back, but now IFC is back with a new look, teasing even more of the malevolent chaos that awaits in The Rule of Jenny Pen. Brace yourself for a film that will have you laughing while feeling deeply disturbed—watch the latest trailer below.
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.
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