Hardly enough, even for a short-short like the animated Disney version from 1949, which stuffed in silly songs to pad the length. So Burton's film throws in a weird little mystery to keep the plot going and the body count up. Fine with me. Burton's newest film fits in perfectly with the rest of oeuvre. Burton himself so often seems caught between trying to attract the audience and repel it.
Events are often both hilarious and horrifying.
The changes Burton has made to Irving's story follow this pattern. Burton's Ichabod Crane stands in that twilight zone between reason and superstition, and the Horseman himself stands between this world and hell itself. It's a great place to be. If that ain't your thing, you've been warned. Stuff like that, if you're not into it, can really contaminate your enjoyment of a film.