The gore, jump scares, and disturbing scenes makeSleepy Hollowa true horror movie.

Horror movies tend to keep their monsters remote and mysterious, like the Headless Horseman.

Horror movies tend to keep their monsters remote and mysterious, like the Headless Horseman.

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They aren’t exactly welcoming or charming.

When the Headless Horseman murders the Killian family, the scene grows more disturbing with each minute.

The father fights him off, buying his wife and young son time to hide.

Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow

Alternatively, he could bring his gothic horror aesthetic to the movie in an interesting mixture of genres.

Headless Horseman rides his horse in Sleepy Hollow 1999

Sleepy Hollow is a supernatural horror thriller by director Tim Burton and Starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. Based on the original tale by Washington Irving, Sleepy Hollow follows constable Ichabod Crane as he is sent to the titular northern New York town to investigate a series of beheadings. However, the scholarly Crane’s foe is a supernatural being that cannot be explained - The Headless Horseman.

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