I just think a word or two on the similarities should be included Like Pirates of the Caribbean Sleepy Hollow includes not only Johnny Depp as the main protagonist but as the heroine the beautiful daughter of a pompous noble a voodoo witch who lives at the heart of a dark forest and a demonic creature under the control of a human villain who possesses an important organ of said demonic creature s body Basically Ichabod is Jack Sparrow Katrina is Elizabeth Swann the Western Woods Crone is Tia Dalma the Horseman is Davy Jones and Lady Van Tassel is Cutler Beckett while the Horseman s head plays the same role as Beckett s heart Also Hot Fuzz like Sleepy Hollow features an intelligent law enforcer from a large city being dispatched to a rural area where a series of beheadings subsequently take place Likewise the main protagonist forms an alliance with the offspring of a powerful local person Both also feature a scene in which the protagonist is stabbed and apparently killed but saved by a book inside their jacket