News about a horror musical directed by Tim Burton,and starring Johnny Depp may be considered a nightmare to John Campea, but it’s music to my “bloody” ears, especially since the film is expected to get a well deserved R rating. The highly anticipated horror musical, Sweeney Todd actually was rumoured to be so gory, that the film execs of the film supposedly wanted a PG-13 version after watching a cut of the film.
Cinematical gives us this:
Back to the Daily Mail article, there may actually be some worth to it, as it does get us excited about the definitely still-R-rated version. It discusses the nauseating props that were used in the making of Sweeney Todd, claiming that crew members often had to take fresh air breaks in order to recover their stomachs. The paper also details some of the blood splattering scenes and cites one particularly gory shot that (supposedly) had the WB execs complaining. It involved a young boy slicing up body parts, which were then fed into a meat grinder to fill pies with.
I am very excited about seeing this musical, and I just hope that Dreamworks and Warner Bros keep the film rated R, and not rate it with the dreaded PG-13 label. (Horror films are meant to be R!) Others may argue this film sounds like another addition to the “torture porn” genre, but considering the nature of the film and the catchy songs, I think audiences are in for a geniunely entertaining and surreal experience.
Catch the homicidal barber slice his way on screen December 21st!
