Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)

Genres - Horror, Drama, Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Docudrama  |   Release Date - Mar 1, 1936 (USA - Unknown), Sep 29, 1939 (USA)  |   Run Time - 66 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Tana Hobart

A bone-chiller that still manages to inject humor, this movie was based on an actual event and even spawned Stephen Sondheim's hit play "Sweeney Todd" in 1978. Slaughter portrays a mad barber who has a deal with a baker to provide fillings for his meat pies. Unfortunately for the barber's customers, their visit to his basement makes them an integral part of that deal.

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cannibal, baking, barber, customer, killing, meat-pie, murder, basement, craziness, disposal, mass-murder