SLEEPY HOLLOW looks great, has a capable cast, and splashes neat (and grisly) moments around its 105 minutes, which, if nothing else, set a record for decapitations: eighteen. Tim Burton directs a…
The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow was an unused character found in early drafts of the Haunted Mansion The Headless Horseman originally appeared in author Washington Irving's 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The figure is said to be the ghost of a Hessian Soldier from the American Revolutionary War who was decapitated by an American Cannonball in 1776 outside the village of Sleepy Hollow, New York. He is said to have been cursed to roam the haunted Woods of Sleepy Hollow as a g
One of things that surprises most people about Sleepy Hollow, is finding out that it is a real place. For a name so shrouded in folklore and tales of headless horsemen told around firesides, it may seem like the creation of a gothic writer’s imagination, but Sleepy Hollow is in fact a small quaint village to…
April 11, 2018 - April 11, 2018 - Editors Note: A contribution to the Prepper Journal Writing Contest from Charles McKelroy.
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC teams with director Tim Burton on a sumptuous adaptation of Washington Irving’s famous folktale.
Here's "a magnificent full-color illustrated book and long-playing record" of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (ST-3801, 1971), my favorite spooky Disney short, which was originally part of the 1949 package feature The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and later parted out as its own short under the title The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Another Washington Irving penned story, The Legend of Rip Van Winkle, is also on the album. Unfortunately the second-hand copy pictured here, while having all its pictures intact, is missing one key element: the record! So while I haven't actually heard this adaptation, the great song that Brom Bones sings at the Halloween party to scare poor Ichabod, "The Headless Horseman", sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, is available for download from I-Tunes.
Explore Sleepy Hollow, NY and its surroundings — a guide to the must-see haunts and spooky spots of this legendary town.
The Court House - A remarkable four-storey holiday home settled in Blockley, in the Cotswolds. Character. En-suite. Enclosed garden. Off-road parking. Moreton-in-Marsh 4 miles; Bourton-on-the-Water 11.3 miles; Cheltenham 21.4 miles.
