Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936), Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Tod Slaughter's two greatest hits, "Demon Barber" and "Crimes at the Dark House", plus an informal discussion on how Johnny Legend discovered Slaughter in the 60's courtesy of a forgotten old theater in downtown L.A. and latenight TV.




In the Nineteenth Century, in London, the barber Sweeney Todd invites lonely and wealthy costumers in the port to his barbershop on the nearby Fleet Street and murders them to take their money, while his associate Mrs. Lovatt and owner of a bakery below is barbershop gets rid off the bodies. Sweeney uses his fortune to help the fleet owner Stephen Oakley with the intention to force his daughter Joanna to marry him. However, the beloved Joanna's boyfriend Mark Ingerstreet returns rich from his last voyage and Sweeney decides to kill him and steal his fortune in pearl, making Mrs. Lovatt jealous with the situation.

Director: George King
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Stella Rho, John Singer, Eve Lister, Bruce Seton, D.J. Williams, Davina Craig, Jerry Verno, Graham Soutten, Billy Holland, Norman Pierce, Aubrey Mallalieu, Henry B. Longhurst, Ben Williams

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A madman murders Sir Percival Glyde. Taking on his victim's identity, the man returns to the Glyde ancestral home, Blackwater Park, in hopes of claiming a large inheritance. However, the estate is heavily in debt. Still hungry for wealth, the false "Glyde" takes advantage of a long-standing betrothal promise to marry young and beautiful heiress Laurie Fairlie. Having his true identity revealed could ruin everything, but this lascivious and diabolical "Glyde" is more than willing to kill anyone who stands in his way… This story is loosely based on Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White.

Director: George King
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves, Geoffrey Wardwell, Hay Petrie, Margaret Yarde, Rita Grant, David Horne, Elsie Wagstaff, David Keir, Grace Arnold, Vincent Holman

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Before the famous play, Before the Johnny Depp movie, There was the original- SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET Classically restored and correctly framed! Starring Britain's answer to Boris and Bela, The immortal Tod Slaughter! PLUS-The incredible Crimes at the Dark House! Mastered on the new miracle DVD Armor Discs! Scratch proof under normal household use and with a one year guarantee to play perfectly! You won't believe these suckers! After 40 years of championing the great Mr. Slaughter, Johnny Legend was the one who originally presented the Demon Barber on Home Video way back in 1985. We are totally stoked to be be premiering these restored and reframed features! For the first time you will be able to see the entire full frame as originally intended without the tops of the credits (and the top of Tod's head) cropped off! Until now, the only other versions of these classics have all come the same old scratchy 16mm TV prints. Our new release is virtually pristine! You get Tod's two greatest hits, Demon Barber and Crimes at the Dark House, plus an informal discussion on how Johnny Legend discovered Slaughter in the 60's courtesy of a forgotten old theater in downtown L.A. and latenight TV, plus some carefully selected trailers that Mr. Slaughter himself would surely approve of!

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