The Rule of Jenny Pen

HorrorThrillerMystery
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.
Budget : Na
language : en
Runtime : 104 min
Release Date : 2025-03-07
Imdb ID : tt6874690
Status : Released

Cast

John Lithgow
Dave Crealy

Geoffrey Rush
Stefan Mortensen

Nathaniel Lees
Sonny Ausage

Maaka Pohatu
Dr. Neels

Thomas Sainsbury
Carer Mike

Ian Mune
Howie Wicker

Ginette McDonald
Sally Pile

Holly Shanahan
Madeline Shepard

Bruce Phillips
Peter Llewyn

Yvette Parsons
Carer Tania

Irene Wood
Olive Shaw

Hannah Lynch
Carer Joy

Paolo Rotondo
Psychologist

George Henare
Tony Garfield

Nikki MacDonnell
Court Mother

Fiona Collins
Carer Grace

Richard Chapman
Musician

Annie Ruth
Moira Spender

Nick Blake
Tobias Popanovich

Ariadne Baltazar
Carer May

Hilary Norris
Eunice Joyce

Lutz Halbhubner
Sean Dunn

Jane Waddell
Comfrey Hails

Catie Noble
Physiotherapist

Anapela Polataivao
Carer Jasmine

Tom Sainsbury
Carer Mike

Semu Filipo
Coach

Rashmi Pilapitiya
Nurse Anita

Sylvie Ashcroft
Garfield's Granddaughter

Marbles
Pluto

Mary Andrews
Resident

Rangi Andrews
Resident

Doreen Beer
Resident

Trevor Beer
Resident

Margaret Blake
Resident

Adrienne Gordon
Resident

Wendy Green
Resident

Winston Gurnell
Resident

Lynn Harriman
Resident

Vivienne Hutchison
Resident

Barbara Iles
Resident

Peter Judge
Resident

Janice Kosterman
Resident

Daphne Lecouteur
Resident

Christine Lester
Resident

Stephen Lester
Resident

Isobel McAlpine
Resident

Judi McGreevy
Resident

Kevin McPake
Resident

Jean Mills
Resident

Connie Mitchell
Resident

Faye Moore
Resident

Robin Moore
Resident

Adrienne Nairn
Resident

Tim Norman
Resident

Karl Periera
Resident

Lorraine Philbey
Resident

Steve Punter
Resident

Sarah Simmonds
Resident

Audrey Swann
Resident

Deborah Taylor
Resident

John Wakelin
Resident

Pearl Wakelin
Resident

Michael Ward
Resident

Wayne Wilson
Resident

Vee Hodgson
Carer

Melissa Isaacson
Carer

Lormar Karauti
Carer

Huirangi Law
Carer

Anna Lopez
Carer

Charlotte Mann
Carer

Dervla Murtagh
Carer

Jessica Ruck-Nu'u
Carer

Lindsey Seaton
Carer

Lian Song
Carer

Bayley Rakei
Teen Rugby Player

David Lewai
Teen Rugby Player

Jed Walker
Teen Rugby Player

Kane Mason
Teen Rugby Player

Oscar McDougall
Teen Rugby Player

Riley Williams
Teen Rugby Player

Romeo McIlvride
Teen Rugby Player

Sasha Parize-Baker
Teen Rugby Player

Tomãs Green Gamargo
Teen Rugby Player

Tawhiri Wanoa
Teen Rugby Player

Zach Harrison
Teen Rugby Player

Celia Griffiths
String Quartet

Hijiri Yamamoto
String Quartet

Jack Moyer
String Quartet

Taliesin Amoore
String Quartet

Harper Ashcroft
Visitor

India Ashcroft
Visitor

Nina Williams
Visitor

Stella Williams
Visitor

Mandy Thomas
Visitor

Kurt Johnson
Police Officer

Lovely Gomonit
Police Officer

Jacqueline Later
Undertaker

Ryshon Te Fono
Groundsman

Orlando Stewart
Holloway

Natasha Kenyon
Prosecution Lawyer

Raz Yusoff
Prosecution Lawyer

Wendy Griffiths
Defence Lawyer

Fergus Aitken
Defence Lawyer

Sue Bridgen
Mother's Family

Brendon Hannah
Mother's Family

Chris Hewer
Mother's Family

Helena Sharples
Mother's Family

Jason Noble
Police Officer

Peter Hewitt
Police Officer

Tim Foley
Prison Officer

Wayne Carter
Prison Officer

Max Makheri
Journalist

Mini Samuels
Journalist

Elizabeth Marshall
Clerk

Samantha Chilman
Bailiff

Jo Carter
Public Gallery

Yvette Cottam
Public Gallery

Susan Holt
Public Gallery

Jayasudhasri Jaiganesh
Public Gallery

Jacqueline Jones
Public Gallery

Helena Mahn
Public Gallery

Leanne Turrell
Public Gallery

Jack Carter
Public Gallery

Sam Carter
Public Gallery

David Dahya
Public Gallery

Tony Hopkins
Public Gallery

Ben Johnson-Frow
Public Gallery

Owen Jones
Public Gallery

Robert Thynne
Public Gallery

Michael Waris
Public Gallery

Callum Scott
Talking Clock (voice)

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Reviews

SteveForsing
I can't begin to tell you how glad I am that this showed up at the local Regal. I figured I was going to have to wait and rent it. That being said, after you leave the moviehouse and think about what you just watched, you're going to be immediately fucked up. It's been a minute since I watched something that really is equal parts, depressing, vile, sinister and diabolically funny all at the same time. Thankfully, James Ashcroft is able to get two legends together in Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow. The result is an early horror favorite of the year.
SteveForsing
I can't begin to tell you how glad I am that this showed up at the local Regal. I figured I was going to have to wait and rent it. That being said, after you leave the moviehouse and think about what you just watched, you're going to be immediately messed up. It's been a minute since I watched something that really is equal parts, depressing, vile, sinister and diabolically funny all at the same time. Thankfully, James Ashcroft is able to get two legends together in Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow giving their all. The result is an early horror favorite of the year.
Brent_Marchant
Fewer moviegoing experiences are more frustrating than watching a film in which the creators have no clear vision for what they’re trying to say. Regrettably, such is the case with this second feature offering from writer-director James Ashcroft. When a revered judge (Geoffrey Rush) suffers a stroke, he’s moved to what has to be the most ineptly run convalescent home in New Zealand to undergo rehabilitation. While there, however, he – like many of the facility’s other residents – becomes the target of taunting and abuse by another patient (John Lithgow), a manic dementia case who menaces them with a macabre hand-held puppet he calls Jenny Pen, the one who he contends rules over everyone housed at the home. When the judge protests, though, he’s summarily ignored and called delusional by the utterly clueless staff, an aspect of the narrative that’s wholly implausible and undermines the credibility of whatever the story is supposed to represent. That’s made worse by a meandering story that seems to vacillate between presenting a straightforward tale of elder abuse and floating the possibility that the judge may indeed be suffering from his own internal delusions now that he’s trapped in his own stroke-afflicted body. That kind of purposeful ambiguity might have worked better if it had been employed more skillfully, but, as it stands, that uncertainty is never properly developed. And, as the film plays out, it grows progressively more unbelievable and disjointed, leaving viewers wondering what’s truly supposed to be going on. What’s more, this offering is laughingly billed as a horror flick, but there’s virtually nothing the least bit scary about it; it instead languishes in the realm of a modest (though largely unfocused and unengaging) psychological thriller. To its credit, the film incorporates some searing comic relief in the form of witty, pointed one-liners (mostly delivered by Rush), and the two leads struggle mightily to elevate this cinematic mess into something more respectable. But even their considerable talents – no doubt a casting choice aimed at providing a touch of class to a production unworthy of it – are not enough to salvage this woefully undercooked project. Please, do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time or money on this one.

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