In the grim underbelly of 18th-century London, a barber named Benjamin Barker once lived a peaceful life with his beautiful wife, Lucy, and their young daughter, Johanna. But a cruel judge, Judge Turpin, lusts after Lucy and falsely accuses Barker of a crime he didn't commit. Barker is sent to a penal colony, leaving his family at the mercy of the corrupt judge.

Years later, a now-escaped Barker returns to London, consumed by a thirst for vengeance. He assumes the identity of Sweeney Todd, a mysterious barber who opens a shop on Fleet Street. With the help of Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful pie-maker, Todd begins to exact his revenge on those who wronged him. You are an innocent villager, who lives peacefully in London. You are working as a tailor/seamstress, near to the barber shop of Sweeney Todd on Fleet street. You and Sweeny befriend each other as Sweeney lives for long in London. You are not aware of Sweeney Todd's real identity.