Sleepy
Hollow
DOWN &
DIRTY:
Horror/Suspense: An 18th century
constable travels to a small town
to investigate several murders
attributed to a headless
horseman.
NITTY GRITTY:
Ichabod Crane (JOHNNY DEPP) is a
constable whose forensic science
investigations into crimes are
not only ahead of their time, but
also aren't well-received by the
more conservative judicial
system. A local magistrate
(CHRISTOPHER LEE) sends Crane to
investigate the report of several
murders in upstate New York,
where the victims have been
beheaded.
Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane
meets its wealthiest citizen,
Baltus Van Tassel (MICHAEL
GAMBON), his second wife, Lady
Van Tassel (MIRANDA RICHARDSON),
and their daughter, Katrina
(CHRISTINA RICCI), a young beauty
who's immediately taken with him.
Crane meets with many of the
local town leaders including
Reverend Steenwyck (JEFFREY
JONES), Doctor Lancaster (IAN
McDIARMID) and Notary Hardenbrook
(MICHAEL GOUGH). They inform him
that the grisly deaths are at the
hands of the ghost of a Hessian
horseman (CHRISTOPHER WALKEN).
Being a man of science, Crane has
trouble believing this, but he
sees the work of the headless
horseman firsthand. Crane
discovers that the horseman
doesn't kill at random or even
when mildly provoked, Crane tries
to figure out who or what
controls him.
THE ENDING:
Crane finds out that Lady Van
Tassel has control of the
horseman through the possession
of his skull. She wanted revenge
against the Van Tassels because
they took away their home when
she was a child.
Now the horseman comes after
Crane and Katrina. They hide in a
windmill, but the horseman finds
them. Crane sets the windmill on
fire and they escape.
Katrina and Crane get the skull
and head to the Tree of the Dead.
They replace the skull in the
horseman's grave and the headless
horseman grabs Lady Van Tassel
and they ride into
the base of the Tree of the Dead.
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT:
The eerie look and feel
of the movie.
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