Dark and beautiful!

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2000)

This film is brilliant from first frame to last.Tim Burton is once again on top form and he can only get better working as usual with the talents of Johnny Depp in a fantastic performance and Danny Elfman with a superb music score.The plot is fairly simple.Johnny Depp is sent to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a gruesome murder spree taken up by a headless horse man who is claiming the heads of some of the townsfolk.Is there a reason behind all this? This is what Depp is trying to find out while the murders still continue.Excellent support provided by Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken who is outstanding yet again.The whole film is brilliantly made with some breathtaking cinematography, and an authentic gothic atmosphere.Although there is a lot of heads rolling the film is not very violent as it manages to keep a comic-horror look in everything.Easily the best film Burton made in years and the kind of films that only he can do.Hugely enjoyable and not to be missed.