Watch the Teaser Trailer for THE RULE OF JENNY PEN

Lauded by Stephen King as "one of the best movies I've seen this year" in 2024, James Ashcroft's The Rule of Jenny Pen pits a former judge recovering from a stroke (Geoffrey Rush) against a sadistic resident with a creepy doll (John Lithgow) within the increasingly eerie confines of a retirement home. Ahead of its March 7th theatrical release via IFC Films and Shudder, we have a look at the unnerving teaser trailer for The Rule of Jenny Pen that warns that "we all get what's coming to us in the end."

Below, you can watch the teaser trailer for The Rule of Jenny Pen, and in case you missed it, read Rocco T. Thompson's Fantastic Fest review of the film!

Synopsis: 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.

Director: James Ashcroft
Screenwriters: Eli Kent, James Ashcroft
Cast: John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush
Producers: Catherine Fitzgerald, Orlando Stewart
Executive Producers: James Ashcroft, Eli Kent, John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Gotto, Nicholas Lazo, Samuel Zimmerman
Director of Photography: Matt Henley
Editor: Gretchen Peterson
Composer: John Gibson
Language: English
Country: New Zealand
Running Time: 103 minutes