An Original Piece, Despite the Title

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2008)

I am a die hard fan of Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This is based on that story but just barely. I would call it an original story with the same names and some of the same back stories. If you want to see an exact adaptation of the story, you will be sadly disappointed but if you're looking for a great horror film from Tim Burton, there is no way you will have any problem with this. I would say it's one of his best films.
Ichabod Crane(Johnny Depp), an investigator sent to the town of Sleepy Hollow where a number of bizarre deaths involving decapitation have taken place, comes across Katrina Van Tassel(Christina Ricci), Baltus Van Tassel(Michael Gambon) and The Headless Horseman(Christopher Walken). As you can see, the cast is awesome and there are many more awesome stars other than the ones I have mentioned. The story is very creepy and intense the entire way through. There are also some great special effects and the gore is absolutely spot on. Tim Burton has become one of my all time favorite directors and this is definitely one of the movies that put him in that spot for me. His direction is amazing.
As I said earlier, you're going to hate this film if you want it to follow the original story. However, it is a great movie on its own and that's exactly the way it should be watched. The Horseman comes, and tonight, he comes for you!