Atmospheric

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 2002)

Burton is a master in the creation of the 'distorted' fairy tale for the screen. Sleepy hollow is a thoroughly gloomy but gripping film. The charcters are excellent, Burtons Ichabod draws certain similarities to Edward scissorhands in alot of ways.
The settings for the film are brilliant - dark woods, gloomy fields, old houses all add the the upsend of the legend of the headless horseman. The film itself has a slightly confusing, yet compelling storyline wich almost makes the legend of the headless horseman possible. Depp again is great as Ichabod, the nervy, cowardly yet brilliant policeman who never seems to fit in with his surroundings at sleepy hollow (a common theme in burtons films). All in all a great film with some excellent scenes - the horseman storming the midwives house, the carriage chase and brom fighting the horseman along with some grisly horror scenes. If you love burton, you will love this film.