Content Warnings for Sweeney Todd

Language

Mild-to-moderate cursing, at a PG-13 level.

Intense/Adult Situations

This is an intense, horror-driven show. There is discussion of death, violence, murder, and cannibalism throughout.

A story is told of a man being falsely imprisoned and his wife being drugged and sexually assaulted.

There is a great deal of discussion about processing dead bodies for food. Those dead bodies are eventually turned into meat pies and consumed.

One scene takes place inside an insane asylum, and conditions are very poor.

A character talks about wanting to die, and is shown putting a razor to his wrist, but does not go through with it.

A story is told about a woman who attempts suicide by poisoning herself. The attempt is not successful, and leaves her very ill and mentally impaired.

Violence

A character kills a caged (prop) bird.

There is a comical scene of someone trying to remove a tooth from another character by force.

Two characters fight, and it results in one strangling the other, throwing him in a trunk, and eventually cutting his throat.

A man’s fingers are chopped off.

A character kills several people by slashing their throats during one song.

A character is shot with a pistol.

A character is thrown into an oven and burned alive.

A young child kills an adult by slashing his throat.

Sex/Intimacy

A character sings about lusting after his adopted daughter. He whips himself into a frenzy.

Vague hints about sex are made from one character to another.

A woman is forced onto her knees and is implied to be made to perform oral sex in front of a group of people