In the grimy heart of Victorian London, a wronged barber returns from exile with vengeance in his heart. Sweeney Todd—once Benjamin Barker—was unjustly imprisoned by a corrupt judge who destroyed his life and claimed his family. Reunited with the eccentric pie-maker Mrs. Lovett, Todd reopens his old barbershop above her shop, but not to cut hair. As revenge consumes him, the pair form a gruesome partnership that turns murder into meat pies, while London unknowingly devours the evidence.