Johnny Depp plays the brooding, blade-wielding barber in this 2007 gothic musical, serving up close shaves with a side of revenge. After being wrongfully imprisoned, Sweeney returns to London with a thirst for blood and a talent for throat-slitting—teaming up with Helena Bonham Carter’s delightfully twisted Mrs. Lovett, whose pies suddenly start tasting suspiciously better. Between haunting ballads and gory barber chair “accidents,” the duo turns Fleet Street into a bloody mess, proving that vengeance is a dish best served hot… and baked into a meat pie.
