Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
Directed by George King
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