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{{quote|''[[Off with His Head|Heads will roll.]]''|'''A poster advertising the film.'''}}
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The story centers on police constable Ichabod Crane sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. The style and themes of the story take inspirations from the late [[Hammer Horror|Hammer Film Productions]].
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* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: The original description of Ichabod Crane sounded ''nothing'' like Johnny Depp.
** Almost averted. Johnny Depp originally wanted the full makeup to look quite unattractive, but the producers advised him to be himself.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: This movie gives the original short story more characterization and a more involved plot.
** Not only that, but {{spoiler|Brom Bones, originally the love rival of Ichabod Crane in the story (and who is also implied to be dressing up as the Headless Horseman), becomes Crane's ally and perishes in single combat against the Horseman.}}
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* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Damn skippy.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: Tim Burton actually tried to find as many excuses as possible to have Ichabod Crane sprayed in the face with blood.
* [[Blood Knight]]: The Hessian.
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Ichabod. A ''lot''.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Maybe that's another main reason why the Hessian spared the little girl's life.
* [[Cool Horse]]: Next up on ''[[Pimp My Ride|Pimp My Horse]]'', we examine the Hessian's ride, Daredevil, as an example of Doing It Right.
* [[Cow Tools]]: The autopsy sequence.
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* [[Dead to Begin With]]: The problem of asking, "Is he dead?"
* [[Death by Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Brom}}
** Although considering that the movie [[Adaptation Decay|bears little-to-no resemblence to the book]], this is hardly that surprising.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: All the colours are dulled except for the blood.
* [[Dragged Off to Hell]]: {{spoiler|Lady van Tassel's fate with the Hessian.}}
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*** Ichabod ''himself'' counts as this.
* [[Flaming Sword]]: Not actually in flames, but it is so hot from the fires of hell that it cauterizes any wounds it inflicts.
* [[For the Evulz]]: The Hessian mercenary/Headless Horseman worked for the English for the fun of slaughter rather than for money.
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: {{spoiler|Brom}}
* [[Headless Horseman]]
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* [[Hot Mom]]: Ichbod's mom.
** Lady Van Tassel is a Hot Stepmother.
** The midwife Elizabeth Killian ain't that half-bad either.
* [[Hot Witch]]: Ichabod's mom, although her status as a witch is debatable. {{spoiler|Also Lady Von Tassel can be considered an evil example since she doesn't fit the [[Vain Sorceress]] trope}}
** It's pretty much proven that Katrina is a witch (or just practices witchcraft), since she was seen making a potion and chanting a spell when Icabod fell ill.
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Baltus van Tassel}}
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted ''twice''. One victim was beheaded whilst in its mother's womb.
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* [[Kid Detective]]: Ichabod is described by Tim Burton as a thirteen-year-old girl-detective in a man's body.
* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: {{spoiler|Doctor Lancaster}}
* [[Large Ham]]: {{spoiler|Miranda Richardson}} cheerfully NOMS down any scenery that [[8-Bit Theater
** [[Christopher Walken]], surprising nobody, as The Hessian/Headless Horseman can be frighteningly hammy even without saying a line except yelling maniacally.
** And the [[One-Scene Wonder|special appearance]] of [[Christopher Lee]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdR4sA0MwEw also counts].
* [[Last Grasp
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: {{spoiler|Ichabod's father's eye-searingly white church hides a dungeon filled with torture devices.}}
** Played with with Katrina. As she the only character to dress in light colors and ride a white horse, her significance is clear
{{quote|'''Ichabod''': Villainy wears many masks, none of which is so dangerous as virtue.}}
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Sure the Headless Horseman can't enter hallowed ground {{spoiler|but that doesn't mean he can't tie a piece of the fence to a rope, impale his next victim and drag him out that way before beheading him}}.
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* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Lampshaded in the woods.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Ichabod.
** He then later becomes an [[Action Survivor]].
* [[Oedipus Complex]]: Ichabod falls like a brick for the cute witch Katrina van Tassel. His mother was "[[Closer to Earth|an innocent child of nature]]" {{spoiler|"condemned, murdered to save her soul" by his father - a "Bible-black tyrant behind a mask of righteousness." ''That won't happen again.'' Ichabod is a Man of Reason who rejects the intolerance of the Church and honors the gentle witch for her compassion.}}
* [[Off with His Head]]: [[The Movie]].
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [[Christopher Walken]] plays a pre-headless horseman, and has no lines other than "Shhh" and "Raaa!!", yet there are many people who consider it to be his greatest performance ever.
** Also [[Christopher Lee]], who shows up in one scene at the beginning as the magistrate who orders Crane to investigate the killings at Sleepy Hollow.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Ichabod ''thinks'' he's this.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: The Headless Horseman clearly adores his horse. When it's shot at the beginning of the movie, he reacts with grief (indeed, had he not stalled to comfort it, he probably would have gotten away), and when they are reunited at the end of the film, he gives it a genuine (and surprisingly sweet) smile.
** When he encounters two girls in the woods, he tries to shush them to prevent them from giving away his position, when he probably would have had an easier time of it by simply killing them.
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* [[Protective Charm]]: Katrina's pentagram.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The pre-headless Horseman once worked for the Redcoats, not for money but for the love of killing.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: {{spoiler|The Headless Horseman is revealed to be this. He's actually manipulated by Lady Van Tassel to kill for her own revenge and this time, unlike in his previous life, he feels no pleasure in killing. Moreover you can see that when he has killed his specific targets he simply heads back in the forest. Even when Brom attacks him he simply overpowers him and begins to leave, showing the audience that he is not interested in killing. Unfortunately Brom was too brash for his own good and so he ended cleaved in twain}}.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: {{spoiler|Katrina's father manages to get to the church, whose property the Horseman can't enter. He thinks he's safe. Then the Horseman snaps off a fencepost, ties it to a rope, throws it through the window like a spear, and drags him out of the church.}}
* [[Scary Scarecrows]]
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Horror Films]]
[[Category:Mystery and Detective Films]]
[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
▲[[Category:Sleepy Hollow]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Tim Burton]]
[[Category:BAFTA Award (Film)]]
[[Category:Academy Award]]
[[Category:Films Based on Short Stories]]
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