Revenge is a cut-throat business.
London, 1846: successful barber, Sweeney Todd, has for years been haunted by the loss of his parents at the hands of a cruel Judge. One fateful night, his path crosses with local baker, Mrs. Lovett, a woman who too has suffered a devastating miscarriage of justice by the same judge and his corrupt associates. Scheming to put a deadly end to the cycle of abuse and exploitation, Todd and Lovett make a pact, and it is her that leads the charge in seeking a bloody revenge, in the most macabre of ways.
Director: Steven M. Smith
Writers: Steven M. Smith, Christopher Jolley
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Reviewed as part of Horror-on-Sea film festival coverage in January 2026. Slice em, kill em, stick em in a pie – it’s Sweeney Todd! We all know the tale, but this retelling of the barber of fleet street is different. Grieving his parent’s death by a corrupt judge, Sweeney T…
