Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p><strong>The original 1846 penny dreadful that launched a timeless legend. A grotesque tale of murder mystery and culinary horror on the streets of London.</strong></p><p>Credited to Thomas Peckett Prest this is the visceral serial that introduced the ultimate partnership in crime.</p><p>On Fleet Street the sinister barber Sweeney Todd murders his wealthier clients using a mechanical chair that dumps them into his cellar. The bodies are immediately passed to his accomplice Mrs. Lovett who runs a popular meat pie shop in the next street. Unbeknownst to the public Lovett uses the human remains as the <em>succulent</em> filling for her critically acclaimed pies. When a sailor carrying a string of pearls vanishes a dedicated investigation led by a woman in disguise must penetrate Todd's terrifying secret to expose the gruesome truth.</p><p><strong>A dark essential foundation of Gothic and urban horror.</strong></p>