Sleepy Hollow (1999) | Movie Review

My review of the thrilling gothic horror film that is Sleepy Hollow(1999) starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Marc Pickering, Christopher Lee, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Gough, Ian McDiarmid, and Christopher Walken.

Directed by Tim Burton.
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[damianstarks]

This movie is childhood memories for me. Happy to see you reviewing this late 90s movie.

[dong.corleone]

This was my very first horror film, a 90s classic to this day

[nathanforester]

Christopher Walken has often said that he does not need to 'look' evil since he can do it on his own, and considering he's played a James Bond villain, a Batman villain (well a Batman villain named an actor who played a vampire, Max Shreck, well it's missing the c but his Batman Returns character is named in honor of Count Orlock's actor), he's played a 'dark angel' more than once (in four movies specifically Click and The Prophecy trilogy as well as a Madonna music video, and a cut for time SNL skit), he's played a vampire and a cyborg, and also quite a few mob bosses. Walken in real life is scared of horses, and I did not know that at first. Although if Walken's take on the Horseman could talk, i just imagine he'd have Walken's own regular voice just a bit deeper or maybe have a bit of an accent.

I feel that Sleepy Hollow is basically Burton doing a combination of a Hammer homage and with nods to slasher movies, because the horseman even sits up like Michael Myers, and also a bit of an Evil Dead influence given the blood and also the 'witch' in the tree scene looking kind of like a deadite. The bleeding tree is a cool effect I definitely must add, but the eyes...seriously Walken's eyes are hypnotic enough to make you think he is a real vampire (but there's something about Walken with those eerie blue eyes). Silly, yes but it's kind of Evil Dead-esque, more like Army of Darkness, but still Evil Dead-esque. Also interesting that there are 3 sith lord actors in this movie.

[bronsonwrightwolfe]

I think Christopher Walken was the best choice to play the headless horseman. That's genius casting.

[kentuckycunctator]

16:30 yep, didn't care for Walken as the horseman.

[Johnlindsey]

Enjoyed it since 17 seeing it in theaters and looks and sounds great on 4k