Monday, February 28, 2011

Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 1936 ***



I'd never seen Todd Slaughter in anything before this and so didn't really know what to expect but I have to say he was very pleasing and rather camp as well as the terrifying Sweeney Todd. I must say that the layout and general feel of this movie was very authentic and eerie, and the fact it was just over an hour! Stella Rho is on top form as Mrs Lovett, the creepy woman next door who makes mincemeat of Todd's victims, literally! Obviously Tim Burton's version of Sweeney Todd is much more flamboyant and over the top but Tod Slaughter's Todd really stays in your mind after the film has ended. Worth a watch.

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