A Ghosting Adaptation

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2005)

Johnny Depp shines once again as the squeamish, but intuitive police constable Ichabod Crane, sent to the tiny isolated village of Sleepy Hollow by authorities in New York, to determine the identity of a killer, of three persons all found murdered the heads cut off.
But as Crane arrives he learns the chief culprit is a headless horseman, killed more than 20 years ago, a butcher renowned for cutting off and taking the heads of the victims from the supposedly haunted village. Upon arrival, Crane finds that not only is the Horseman ruthless and bloodthirsty, but in order to commit the murders the victims need to be chosen, by a living person, who will stop at nothing to prevent the exposure of a secret that threatens the life of the local landowners daughter Katrina (Christina Ricci). As the pieces come together murder strikes again, forcing Crane to admit the possibility that Katrina might not be all she seems, a secret that could threaten their blossoming friendship.
With an excellent supporting cast including Micheal Gambon, Miranda Richardson and Christopher Walken, Sleepy Hollow is the one horror film guaranteed to stay in your mind for all the right reasons