An infomaous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 19th-century London, seeking vengence against the lecherous judge who framed him, and hurt his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pir shop, abive which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up...and the carnage has only just begun!