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Sweeney Todd The Movie
A musical film adaptation of the legend of Sweeney Todd is coming to the big screen.
Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Bonham Carter and Laura Michelle Kelly.
Johnny Depp stars as Sweeney Todd – barber and serial killer who by legend used a straight razor to cut the throats of his victims. Helena Bonham Carter is Mrs Lovett, his lover and accomplice, who makes the corpses of his victims into meat pies…
Due for UK release 25th January 2008
The String of Pearls - the original tale of Sweeney Todd, a classic of British horror - was first published as a weekly serial in 1846-7 by Edward Lloyd, the King of the Penny Dreadfuls. One of the earliest detective stories, it became an important source for Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Available in the Mystery & Supernatural Series, ‘Sweeney Todd: A String of Pearls’ was brought back for the first time in book form by Wordsworth Editions, after 157 years of obscurity.
ISBN – 9781840224832 Price £2.99
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