Movie
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Overview
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Details
- Release date
- 2025-03-07
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Light in the Dark Productions, Blueskin Films
- Country
- New Zealand
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Lithgow as Dave Crealy
- Geoffrey Rush as Stefan Mortensen
- Nathaniel Lees as Sonny Ausage
- Maaka Pohatu as Dr. Neels
- Tom Sainsbury as Carer Mike
- Ian Mune as Howie Wicker
- Ginette McDonald as Sally Pile
- Holly Shanahan as Madeline Shepard
- Bruce Phillips as Peter Llewyn
- Yvette Parsons as Carer Tania
- Irene Wood as Olive Shaw
- Hannah Lynch as Carer Joy
Crew
- James Ashcroft - Director
- James Ashcroft - Writer
- Eli Kent - Writer
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