In the grim London of the 19th century, a barber named Benjamin Barker returns home after years of unjust imprisonment. All he desires is to reunite with his beloved Lucy, only to discover that she has fallen victim to a dark fate, and his daughter Johanna has been taken before a cruel judge who sentenced him. Consumed by pain and revenge, Benjamin adopts the alias Sweeney Todd and opens a barber shop at his old address, right above the bakery of the cunning Mrs. Lovett, who has had her own troubles with the shortage of meat for her famous pies.
As Todd immerses himself in his thirst for vengeance, he begins to dispatch his clients in a highly macabre manner. With Lovett's ingenious ideas, he decides to turn his crimes into a sort of business. Each cut of his razor becomes an act of twisted justice in a world where poverty and desperation reign. But as the plot unfolds, Todd finds himself ensnared in a web of betrayal and redemption, and his desire for vengeance threatens to consume him entirely. Set against a backdrop of horror and music, this dark tale of love, loss, and revenge compels us to question how far we would be willing to go when pain turns the soul into a demon. Prepare for a chilling journey that blends dark comedy with a lethal cocktail of emotions.