TheHorrorofDoloresRoachisagrotesqueSweeneyToddinspiredtaleofEatorBeEaten;amacabreurbanlegendoflove,betrayal,weed,gentrification,cannibalism,andsurvivalofthefittestItfollowstheindomitableDoloresRoach,whoreturnstoaNewYorkCityneighborhoodthathaschangeddrasticallyduringthesixteenyearsshehasbeeninprisonHerboyfriendmissing,herfamilylonggone,Doloresisrecognizedonlybyanoldstonerfriend,Luis,whogivesDoloresroomandboardandletshergivemassagesforcashinthebasementapartmentunderhisdilapidatedempanadashop
Whenthepromiseofhernewfoundstabilityisquicklythreatened,‘MagicHandsDolores’isdriventoextremestosurvive—leavinginherwakeastringofstrangledmassageclientsInthefaceofunexpectedprofessionalsuccess,DoloresandLuisbecomedangerouslysymbiotic,andLuismustunleashhisownparticularpredilections
