Tongue in Cheek Horror

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2006)

I thought this was a brilliant movie! i saw it a few years back when it first came out and i thought it was terrifying but i watched it recently and its possibly the best horror film I've seen!
The gruesome-ness of some of the scenes (decapitiaton etc etc) are great to watch, and when watching it now it still scares me now but makes me chuckle a bit also!
Johnny Depps performance is great! he really hadpulled out everything to pull off the scaredy cat Icabod Crane, though its not his best performance (Edward Scissorhands is his best performance) he perfects the character more than anyone else could.
This film is Burton at his most Gothic and horrific! he takes out his usual doses of fantasy and replaces it with decapitiatons etc etc! and pulls it off brilliantly! I would love to see him have another go at a true horror film!