Villainy wears many masks, none of which so dangerous as virtue...

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2009)

This Oscar winning film not only is a real visual pleasure with outstanding cinematography and visual effects, but it has some of the most enjoyable actors on screen in one place.
Johnny Depp, who most recently thrilled us in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is Constable Ichabod Crane, who is sent to Sleepy Hollow, much as Nicholas Angel was sent to a small village in Hott Fuzz, to solve three recent murders.
I always enjoy Christina Ricci, whom I last saw in Black Snake Moan. Here she is Katrina Van Tassel, and as beautiful as ever.
Christopher Walken as the Hessian Horseman was a perfect choice.
Lisa Marie, who seems to have quit acting since her breakup with director Tim Burton, appears as Icabod's mother, and certainly would have caused any seven-year-old to have wicked thoughts.
A fascinating mystery with supernatural horror.