Director James Ashcroft and co-writer Eli Kent adapt Owen Marshall's short horror story The Rule of Jenny Pen. Geoffrey Rush plays Stefan, a judge who finds himself
in a retirement home following a near-fatal stroke. There he discovers the
home is terrorised by deranged resident Dave (John Lithgow) and his
creepy dementia doll.
The Rule of Jenny Pen is in UK
cinemas from March 14th and on Shudder from March 28th.
Check out the new trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.