A slice and dice feast!

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2008)

From Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and Batman Returns, director Tim Burton reinvents Washington Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" into a rapid horror journey where no time is wasted after the credits roll into screen.
Excuse the pun when I said roll, but heads will be rolling.
After a series of murders in a small community in Sleepy Hollow, the people summon officer Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) to investigate the murders in the area where hopefully his eccentric techniques will help get the case solved. Along with way, Ichabod hears stories of a dead soldier by the name of Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) with many of the townspeople (Jeffrey Jones, Michael Gambon, Michael Gough, Richard Griffith) telling him that maybe the dead rider has come back to claim the heads of even more victims after his death. Ichabod befriends a fatherless boy while meeting with Katrina Van Tussel (Christina Ricci) who develops a small crush on the cop and does her best to aid him.
"Sleepy Hollow" is not only a Tim Burton movie filled with various trademarks and eccentricities among the characters, but feels more alive with the visual effects and the background setting. Johnny Depp is outstanding as the hero where he portrays an early version of Captain Jack Sparrow before donning the pirate suit; Christina Ricci is a marvel as the damsel in distress, but the real hero is Tim Burton for making this great movie!