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Evening Standard
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Soraya Gaied Chortane

The Horror of Dolores Roach on Prime Video review: let insanity reign in this Sweeney Todd-style chiller

Gruesome horror on screen is definitely having a moment. We’ve had the Daisy Edgar-Jones film Fresh (in which Sebastian Stan plays a serial dater with a penchant for selling his victims’ flesh); the spine-chilling Smile and umpteenth seasons of American Horror Story.

But what’s that, I hear you say? You want more? Well, good news: Prime Video’s latest TV show serves it up in spades. Based on the hit drama podcast of the same name, The Horrors of Dolores Roach is for all those who have sat back and thought: what if Sweeney Todd was remade in the present day, but dialled up to 11?

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