A creepy, gothic film.

Rating: Null/10 (24 November 1999)

'Sleepy Hollow' is Tim Burton's reworking of Washington Irving's classic 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. In this version, Johnny Depp plays New York City constable Ichabod Crane at the eve of the Millenium (1799). Crane's superiors scoff at his crime solving methods and send him up-state to solve a series of decapitation murders in the quiet farming town of Sleepy Hollow. Upon arriving and meeting the townsfolk, Crane is immediately attracted to the lovely Katrina Van Tassle, the daughter of the richest, most powerful man in town, portrayed by Christina Ricci. When the town elders tell him the murderer is a ghost, the scientific minded constable can not believe it. This is a creepy, gothic film. The Headless Horseman, portrayed by Christopher Walken, is particularly menacing. The cast does a great job of conveying the doom and gloom of the haunted town. I really enjoyed the stories plot twists and turns, because you're never quite sure where this legend is taking you.