He was already dead

Rating: 8/10 (4 October 2013)

After the head of a horseman is stolen, the horseman returns from hell to take the heads of the people of Sleepy Hollow until his is returned.
Ichabod Crane is called in to investigate. He learns of the legend of the Headless Horseman, but he doesn't believe that the stories, until the horseman takes off the head of one of the elders right in front of his very eyes.
Now he must find out the origins of the horseman in order to send him back to his grave for good, whilst battling his own demons....
It's your typical Burton movie. Depp is the star, Elfman scores, and the colours are saturated, it's like we've gone back 12 years to when we first met Beetlejuice, and although the movie is very dark in tone, it's very funny.
Depp proves he didn't need to be in the Caribbean to make a film his, and every time he faints, its genuinely laugh out loud. Ricci is a little miscast as the love interest, but Ryder wasn't available.
The effects are wonderful, even though Ray Park does overdo the Martail arts a little, I mean Walken can dance, but those sort of skill? I very much doubt it.
The final third goes a little over the top, but it's Sleepy Hollow, done by Burton, and you get what you expect.
A Gothic treat.