Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are back: their strangest and most ignored movie is finally getting a new release worthy of it.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have been connected in the public eye since their very first collaboration, the gothic fantasy movie Edward Scissorhands (1990).

Since then, the pair have made eight feature films together, ranging from the critically acclaimed biopic Ed Wood (1994) to the grim mystery Sleepy Hollow (1999) to the massively popular Alice in Wonderland (2010).

The duo has not worked together since the critical and commercial flop Dark Shadows (2012), which unsuccessfully attempted to adapt the cult 1970s vampire show for the big screen, though there have been heavy rumors that Johnny Depp will appear in some form in the upcoming Beetlejuice 2 alongside Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, and Winona Ryder.

In the meantime, at least, Johnny Depp-Tim Burton fans will get a taste of the pair’s past with a massive new release of their underrated, gory musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007).

Sweeney Todd is an adaptation of legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim’s musical of the same name, itself based on a play by Christopher Bond.

The character of Sweeney Todd himself has existed since the mid-19th century when he first appeared as a murderous barber in melodramatic serial pamphlets known as “penny dreadful.” He may even have some basis in historical fact, but at this point, it is impossible to tell.

What is known is that the Stephen Sondheim musical is widely considered one of the greatest musicals of all time, winning countless awards and inspiring numerous revivals, including a currently running Broadway production starring Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, and Gaten Matarazzo of Stranger Things.

The Tim Burton film version of the story stars Johnny Depp as the hollow-eyed, ghostly pale Sweeney Todd as he returns to London after 15 years of unjust exile by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) with vengeance on his mind.

Todd quickly re-establishes himself as a barber of note in a hideous, shadowy version of the city, teaming up with Mrs Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), the baker of the “worst pies in London,” to exact revenge on those who have wronged him. The film also stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Spall, and Jamie Campbell Bower.

The marketing campaign for Sweeney Todd notoriously concealed that it was a musical. This led to bemused audiences wondering why Johnny Depp was singing through a series of enormously grisly murders and shocking betrayals and unquestionably led to a relatively poor box office performance for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor at the time.Although it was critically well-received, Sweeney Todd was quickly forgotten and has become something of a footnote in the career of director Tim Burton.

Now, the film may finally get the exposure it deserves with a huge new release in 4K Ultra HD, a first for Sweeney Todd (per Bloody Disgusting).

It is being released as part of the Paramount Scares: Volume 1 limited collection, along with Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Pet Sematary (1989), Crawl (2019), and Smile (2022).