One of the most amazing movies ever. My all-time favorite Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film.
In the early United States of America, young policeman oh-so-bangable
Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to from New York to the fledgling settlement of
Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of ghoulish murders. On his arrival, the town council informs him that the three victims were killed in open ground, and the heads had disappeared - taken by a headless ghost that is supposedly responsible.
Ichabod is unconvinced of this, but learns more about the ghostly horseman - it is the ghost of a Hessian sent by the British during the revolutionary war, and he was caught by redcoats and decapitated with his own sword. When Ichabod sees the ghost kill one of the town council members, his skepticism evaporates - and he soon discovers that the
horseman's ghost has an unholy connection to
Balthus Van Tassel, a wealthy farmer - and whose daughter, Katrina (Cristina Ricci) Ichabod is falling in love with...