The goal is not to necessarily scare the audience or make them jump out of their seats, but rather, to display some pretty horrific acts of violence perpetrated by an undead, headless former war mercenary in this gothic horror fantasy. In fact, this is one of his bloodiest projects, but this isn't a typical horror film and it's much more ghost-centric and super-normally inclined. There is no shortage of rolling, flinging, flying chopped off heads, or people being chopped in half, or impaled, enough to satisfy every horror fan imaginable. He has always had a penchant for the macabre, and this is no exception, however, this film lets him really take his dark yet artful vision to the next level. Burton doesn't always make R-rated movies, but when he does, he's sure to add a lot of creepy vibes and maimed body parts. Like most of Tim Burton's films, the visuals are quite alluring with a wonderful, twisted gothic look. As Crane digs deeper and deeper into the mystery of this seemingly supernatural being, things are not what they appear and he realizes those he thought he could trust in this tiny town might be the very people involved in these horrible murders. Joining these aforementioned actors is an ensemble cast featuring the likes of Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Ian McDiarmid, Jeffery Jones, Richard Griffiths, Casper Van Dien, and Michael Gough, who flesh out the prominent, key members of Sleepy Hollow. We'd imagine it'd be kind of hard to talk when you don't have a head, but this antagonist is still just as scary even without any spoken lines. Neither actor speaks a single line of dialogue in the whole film. The Horseman is actually played by two actors, Christopher Walken when he appears as the Hessian with his head on, and Ray Park (though not credited) whenever he is without a head. The townspeople already seem to believe they know who is perpetrating these violent decapitations: the headless specter of a Hessian known as The Headless Horseman. He plans to use his scientific method to discover and determine who is committing the murders in Sleepy Hollow. Crane is a character that believes in science and reason in a time of superstition and a strong theocracy. It stars Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, a constable from New York who is sent to investigate a string of murders in the small town of Sleepy Hollow. He quickly discovers a ghostly headless horseman is the one committing these acts, but he is determined to discover who is controlling the horseman behind the scenes.ĭirected by Tim Burton, "Sleepy Hollow" is a ghostly, supernatural re-imagining of the classic Washington Irving gothic horror tale. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to the rural town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a string of grizzly beheadings.
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