Sweeney Todd

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Julian S @akajulianscott 10/09/2024 If you’re looking for an early adaptation of the original novella, this one is definitely worth watching. In it, Tod Slaughter (aptly named) plays the role of a rather flamboyant Mr. Todd. See more Teddy B 04/16/2024 Tod Slaughter is highly entertaining as a singularly depraved Sweeney Todd and Stella Rho is effective enough as Mrs. Lovett, but the film's story feels vastly incomplete without the iconic musical components. Many elements of the story could be removed altogether, and it would give more focus to the entertaining bits (everything with sailing/ships and the poorly aged African scenes, almost all of Johanna's scenes with her maid etc.) That remains unusual though because it is shockingly short at only barely past an hour. See more Jens B @Jens97 10/05/2023 Oh well.. I love Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, and I love creepy old horror junk, but I couldn't find anything noteworthy besides Slaughter's performance in this one as a cartoon villain. It's dull, surprisingly racist (Why was that scene in there?!), boring, and unintentionally funny. And while I usually enjoy this kind of stuff, I just couldn't connect with this iteration of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. See more 06/04/2017 Of interest mainly as a record of Tod Slaughter's cackling villain, all subtlety eschewed as he 'polishes off' anyone who happens to cross his path. Anyone expecting Chris Bond or Stephen Sondheim's multi-layered tragic comedy will be hugely disappointed. Not much actual throat slitting or human pies: just a revolving barber's chair and a lot of playing to the back row by Slaughter. See more 10/18/2015 not bad version of this See more andy f 09/19/2015 Tod Slaughter is one again mesmerising this time as The Demon Barber. Lots of menace, humour and a good cast makes this first film adaptation of the famous story a memorable one. See more Read all reviews

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