Tim Burton has lost his edge

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 1999)

As the first Tim Burton film since MARS ATTACKS!, I was hoping that Mr. Burton would redeem himself for that aforementioned mess. Sadly, SLEEPY HOLLOW is not that redemption. Mr. Burton seems to be following the Hollywood Summer Blockbuster formula now: too much gore, shallow characters, flashy effects, and a cutesy happy ending. Burton needs to learn subtlety again and actually produce films that are cunning, intriguing, and LESS GORY!!!!! Burton must have used several BARRELS of fake blood to make this movie, and worst of all, he uses it for COMEDIC EFFECT!!! Folks, violence and death should not be funny; they should be horrifying and shocking. I found it ironic that the trailer for SCREAM 3 was shown before SLEEPY HOLLOW; in many ways, SLEEPY HOLLOW is just another SCREAM dressed up in 18th century trappings.