Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street2007
“Never Forget. Never Forgive.”
Directed by Tim Burton
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🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 34 wins & 77 nominations total
The premise
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Horror Vault's take
In the fog-choked streets of Victorian London, a wronged man returns under a new name with razors in hand and vengeance in his heart. Sweeney Todd partners with the resourceful — and morally flexible — Mrs. Lovett in a scheme that turns Fleet Street into something far more sinister than a mere barbershop. Tim Burton's grand guignol musical adaptation delivers soaring Stephen Sondheim songs drenched in crimson, performed by a barnstorming cast led by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Equal parts tragic opera and gleeful horror spectacle, it remains one of the darkest mainstream musicals ever committed to film.
Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Depictions Of Cannibalism, Themes Of Sexual Coercion, Child In Peril, Disturbing Imagery
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