Andrew Kevin Walker

This is my favorite Tim Burton movie, and also my favorite Johnny Depp movie. I love everything about the dark, leaf-covered village of Sleepy Hollow, but I also like the beginning of the film, which shows New York City just on the edge of the 19th Century. And Christopher Lee mercilessly sending Ichabod out alone to bring the murderer of Sleepy Hollow to justice.
This book is large, with big production stills from the movie, original production drawings and the complete, original script, show more which shows changes from the page to what made it into the movie. Some are small changes, others would have given Ichabod more information along the way. There's also an introduction by Burton about how the Irving story inspired him. show less

There may be logical flaws in this movie, but the eerie atmosphere, and the acting makes up for it. A movie I never get tired off. The costumes are much earlier than the alleged 1799, but lovely to look at, though perhaps a trifle more stylised than the actual fashion of the 18th century.

A fun take on a classic story, the tale is given some depth and is fleshed out nicely.

C+ (Okay).

An 18th-century town is haunted by a headless horseman.

When it's just being simple and spooky, it has its moments. But it spends a lot of time trying to do more than that and failing, with awful backstory (that doesn't have anything to do with the story), a pointless mystery, and a stilted attempt at romance.

(Mar. 2025)