Based on true events, this darkly comic musical tale tells the story of London barber Benjamin Barker, unjustly sentenced to a prison term in Australia by a judge who covets Barker’s wife.
When Barker returns to England, he takes up his former profession, using the name Sweeney Todd, and slits the throats of customers who come into his shop.
Now, while Sweeney confronts the problem of accumulating corpses, a local businesswoman finds a novel and enterprising use for the bodies . . . a bloody business that profits them both.