Perfect! Marvelous in every way!

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2002)

This movie was one of the best horror pictures that I have ever seen. It is very good that this movie won the Academy Award for art direction. Everything really looks like how it would have looked back in the 18th century. I thought that sky looked really cool. It was all gloomy and gray and kinda foreshadowed what would happen. Creepy stuff. Johnny Depp plays young Constable Ichabod Crane, an unbelieving skeptic who believes that for every murder, there is someone of flesh and blood behind it. But, this time, he may be wrong. People are being decapitated in the small woodsy town of Sleepy Hollow that the townspeople believe to be the handiwork of a legendary Headless Horseman. Now, Johnny Depp gave us one of the best performances of his career here. This was a great movie that wouldn't have been the same without him. I really like his wimpy accent that he puts on. It really sounds authentic. Christina Ricci is also great as Katrina Van Tassel, a young girl with secrets to hide. The Horseman really looked cool. In the flashback scenes, we have Christopher Walken playing the horseman in an uncredited role. And the only words that he ever really says are "Ungh" and "shhh". There is also some really graphic violence. Beheadings galore. If you are one with a weak stomach, then maybe you should hold off on this one just a little while longer. But if you don't have a weak stomach and still haven't seen this movie- SEE IT NOW! And after you are done with this film and still want something more, then check out FROM HELL. That movie is a little similar and is also played by Johnny Depp. I also liked Casper Van Dien in this movie. He is a great actor that we don't see enough of. The opening sequence is cool, where we see a Pumpkin-headed scarecrow looking in on an unsuspecting man. SLEEPY HOLLOW is one of the best movies of its genre ever. If you haven't yet seen it, go see it now. You won't ne disappointed......5/5.