Comic non-horror. Fabulous from beginning to end.

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2000)

I loved this film. Tim Burton's stylisation plus a wonderful comic coward in Johnny Depp's Ichabod Crane. Christina Ricci is again hauntingly beautiful as a blonde with enticing and brooding dark eyes.
Ichabod's flash backs to childhood are an inspired piece of theatre. The lead members of the cast are richly supported by British (and European) character acting talent and it is a joy to behold.
The feel of the film put me in mind of the Hammer Horror productions but this was sleeker and sharper with much more skill behind the camera. Of course the addition of Christopher Lee to the cast adding weight to the links to Hammer is an act of genius.
Not a film that everyone will enjoy but for me this is one from the top drawer, 9.5 out of 10.