Heads Will Roll .... time and again, with this classic

One of the movies that will forever have a place in my, Top 10 Favorite Films, is one that, even when not watched in the Fall will bring a chill to the bone and a bit of gloom to the day, Sleepy Hollow. 💀🎃

Yet another classic collaboration of a great film trio, Tim Burton (director), Johnny Depp (actor) & Danny Elfman (score).  

Taken from the classic story,  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, this version still holds it's own as the most popular theatrical version of the tale.

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) plays the odd, Ichabod Crane, a constable from New York City, sent to Sleepy Hollow to solve 3 gruesome murders, where the victims were decapitated.  It's not until Crane arrives to the quiet upstate town ("mainly Dutch") that he learns of the details of the killings, supposedly done by a maniacal horsemen who is himself, decapitated.

In Disney's classic animated adaptation, with a great song about the Horseman sung by legend, Bing Crosby, Crane is a schoolteacher who falls in love with the local beauty, Katrina Van Tassell, in the film, portrayed by, Christina Ricci (The Adams Family).

Part of her story remains to the classic, as she is the daughter of a local land owner, Baltus Van Tassell, but in this tale, her mother died and her nurse marries into the family and begins a plan of vengeance against the town and family, with the wild horseman as her demonic servant of doom.

Depp's version of Crane varies greatly from many past tales, this one is very cerebral who is always questioning the towns superstitions of the occult, denying the existence of the Horseman and insisting that the killer is "a man of flesh and blood, and I will seek him out."  This version, although still a bit timid, is a valiant hero compared to the Disney's animate one.

The men of the town is like a who's-who from popular film, half of them recognizable from the Harry Potter films. ...don't hate the Magistrate for how he treats Harry in another life or wonder why Dumbledoor doesn't just wave the Horseman away, if anyone was going to do anything, Batman's butler Alfred should have called for help, or the local minister calling the ghost with the most... 😆

The visuals in the film are outstanding and really draw you into the town and the era, along with the constant chill that seems to be in the air.  The film seems to have been perfect for director, Tim Burton, and the chilling music of Danny Elfman (Batman).

It's one of those films that I never get tired of watching, and hopefully never will ... until the horseman comes for me... 💀🎃