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