Penance (2009 film)

Penance
Directed by	Jake Kennedy
Written by	Jake Kennedy
Produced by	Micah Goldman Michael Wormser
Starring	Marieh Delfino Jason Connery Michael Rooker Graham McTavish
Cinematography	Lawles Borque
Edited by	Asi Assili
Music by	Ryan Dodson
Distributed by	Clever Worm Entertainment
Release date	May 30, 2009 (2009-05-30)(Fangoria)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.5 million

Penance is a 2009 American horror film directed by Jake Kennedy. It stars Jason Connery, Marieh Delfino, Graham McTavish, and Michael Rooker. Horror film icon Tony Todd has a cameo role as a sinister chauffeur.

Premise

A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin when she falls into the hands of a religious fanatic intent on changing her "evil" ways.

Cast

• Marieh Delfino as Amelia
• Graham McTavish as Geeves
• Jason Connery as John
• Valorie Hubbard as Kathy
• Lochlyn Munro as Jack
• Allison Lange as Tara
• Michael Rooker as Mann
• Tony Todd as Chauffeur
• James Duval as Guy

Release

On November 17, 2009, an unrated Director's Cut was released on DVD by Independent Media Distribution. It was later released by Allegro Corporation on October 22, 2013. ^[1]

Reception

Nicolas Rapold for The New York Times was generally positive in his review. ^[2] However, Mike D'Angelo for The Dissolve was less positive, saying the film was "painfully repetitive and monotonous". ^[3]

References

1. "Penance (2009) - Jake Kennedy". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
2. "Cursed by Guilt and a Creepy Sense That Punishment is Coming (Published 2014)". The New York Times . 13 November 2014.
3. "Penance". The Dissolve.

External links

• Penance at IMDb
• Penance at Rotten Tomatoes