Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007


After being sent away by Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd, a*k*a Benjamin Barker, returns to London with the help of a sailor named Anthony Hope* He opens a barber shop above Mrs* Lovett’s Meat Pie Shop, where she sells the city’s worst pie* With her help, Todd means to rid London of the corrupt aristocracy and hopes to be reunited with his daughter Johanna, who is now Judge Turpin’s ward*

In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna* The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custody of her* After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin* He meets the widow Mrs* Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy committed suicide with arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna* He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family*

After hard years in exile for a crime he didn’t commit, Benjamin Barker, now Sweeney Todd, returns to London to find his wife dead and his daughter in the hands of the evil Judge Turpin* In his anger, Sweeney goes on a murderous rampage on all London* With the help of Mrs* Lovett, he opens a barber shop in which he lures his victims with a charming smile before casually ending their lives with a flick of his razor across their necks* But not one man nor ten thousand men killed can satisfy Sweeney’s lust for vengeance on those who’ve caused his years of pain



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