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Sleepy Hollow (1999)
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Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period supernatural horror film directed by Tim Burton, loosely based upon the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and expanding upon its Headless Horseman legend. The third film collaboration between Johnny Depp and Burton, the film also features Christina Ricci, Sir Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Richard Griffiths, Martin Landau, and Christopher Walken.The story centers on Ichabod Crane (Depp), an unconventional police constable sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the nearby village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. The style and themes of the story take inspirations from the late Hammer Film Productions.Has no relation to the TV show Sleepy Hollow, aside from sharing source material. | |
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Flaming Sword | |
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Flaming Sword: Not actually in flames, but the Horseman's sword is so hot from the fires of Hell that it cauterizes any wounds it inflicts. | |
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Cute Witch | |
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Katrina practices witchcraft, since she is seen making a potion and chanting a spell when Ichabod falls ill. She goes more toward Cute Witch. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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The original story's Ichabod was a full-blown Dirty Coward who happens to be a Gold Digger and, while his final fate is left pretty ambiguous, it's harder to dispute that he didn't deserve it. Burton's version, even if quite foppish, is a Cowardly Lion and a determined man of the law. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: This interpretation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is much more legitimately frightening than the original, most notably thanks to the very real Headless Horseman killing people in cold blood. There are darker themes in this adaptation as well, ranging from transgressive sexual desire to black magic to religious fanaticism. Of course, we can expect nothing less from Tim Burton. | |
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Genre Savvy | |
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Played with in regards to Katrina. As she is the only character to dress in light colors and ride a white horse, her significance is clear immediately to a Genre Savvy viewer. When combined with her witchcraft, this makes her legitimately suspicious by the time Ichabod suspects her of controlling the Horseman. In the end, though, she turns out to be good after all. Which he's almost certainly thinking about his pious father when he says. | |
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Spectacular Spinning | |
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Spectacular Spinning: It's mentioned on the DVD that Tim Burton specifically asked the special effects guys to make the heads of the victims of the Headless Horseman pop off and spin a few times after being beheaded. Cue demonstration of said special effects. Ichabod's mother levitates and spins in the woods in one of his childhood flashbacks. | |
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Artistic License – Biology | |
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Artistic License – Biology: Ichabod is sprayed in the face with blood when he cuts into a decapitated cadaver. Not only would a long-dead corpse have no blood pressure, but a headless one wouldn't really even have any more blood. It's probably an exceptionally morbid example of Rule of Funny, though (he is, after all, doing an autopsy on someone whose cause of death is quite obvious). There is an attempted hand wave for the latter case, as it's said the Horseman's blade cauterizes the wounds of the heads he cuts off. The Horseman stabs Ichabod in the shoulder, and then flips him over his shoulder. Even if the Horseman has supernatural strength capable of this, Ichabod's body does not; the sword would have sliced/ripped through his body, rather than lifted him. | |
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Never Trust a Trailer | |
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Never Trust a Trailer: The second trailer seems to suggest that Ichabod and his family were attacked by the Headless Horseman when he was a child, which isn't the case in the finished film. | |
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The Heavy | |
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The Heavy: The Horseman to Lady Van Tassel. He is definitely the main threat to the other characters and is only working for her because she has his skull. | |
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The Place | |
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The Place: The movie is set in Sleepy Hollow as you would expect from an adaptation of a famous American story. | |
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Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: Well, not "kills," but if Magistrate Philipse had said to Ichabod "Widow Winship was pregnant," instead of "There are five victims in four graves," he would have spared the poor constable some very messy work. | |
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In the Back | |
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In the Back: Brom Bones throws a knife into the Horseman's back, which Ichabod follows up by stabbing the Horseman in the back with a scythe. Neither does anything. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Mr. Killian tries to fight the Horseman to save his family, but the Horseman kills him before going after his wife and son. | |
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SlasherFilm | |
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Slasher Film: An unusual example. It's not only a gothic horror movie adaptation of a well-known American folk tale but it's also a Period Piece set in small-town New York after the Revolutionary War. | |
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Ambiguous Situation | |
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Ambiguous Situation: The church scene. Was the Horseman prevented from entering the church due to it being hallowed ground or Katrina's protection spell? | |
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Bloodier and Gorier | |
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Bloodier and Gorier: The original story wasn't bloodless, but the Horseman being headless was the goriest thing in it. This movie has loads of decapitations as well as other forms of bloody deaths. It's definitely the bloodiest film in Burton's filmography except Sweeney Todd. | |
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Punch-Clock Villain | |
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Punch-Clock Villain: The Headless Horseman is revealed to be this. He's actually manipulated by Lady Van Tassel to kill for her own revenge and, unlike in his previous life, he feels no pleasure in the killings. Moreover, you can see that when he has killed his specific targets, he simply heads back to the forest, not caring of anyone. Even when Brom attacks him, he simply overpowers him and begins to leave, showing that he is not interested in killing him. Unfortunately, Brom is too brash for his own good and so he ends up cleaved in twain. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Though the film is mainly action horror, it has moments of this, mostly involving Ichabod doing darkly funny things himself or having such things happen to him. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Ichabod's scars on his hands. When he's leaving Sleepy Hollow after believing Katrina is the cause of all the chaos, he looks at them, recalls the scar on Lady Van Tassel's hand, and is able to put two and two together; the cut on the body believed to be Lady Van Tassel was made postmortem, and she faked her death. Katrina gives Ichabod a book, which at first seems just like a gift, but later is pivotal to the plot in two ways. Ichabod is saved from being shot because he wears the book in his jacket. It is reading in this book (it's Katrina's book of spells) that makes Ichabod realize that Katrina is not an evil witch, as he then thought, but a good one; and that she loves him, because he reads that her spell was "to protect a loved one". | |
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Adaptation Expansion | |
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Adaptation Expansion: This movie gives the original short story more characterization and a more involved plot. Brom, originally Ichabod's love rival in the story (who is also implied to be dressing up as the Headless Horseman), becomes Crane's ally (albeit temporarily) and perishes in single combat against the Horseman. | |
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Adaptational Job Change | |
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Adaptational Job Change: Ichabod is now a police constable instead of a schoolteacher. | |
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"Spread Wings" Frame Shot | |
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"Spread Wings" Frame Shot: When the judge admonishes Ichabod Crane at the beginning of the film and sends him to the titular town, he appears to have wings. Those wings belong to a statue of an eagle behind him. Eagle is an emblem of America, but it's also an intimidating bird of prey. | |
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Death of a Child | |
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Death of a Child: Tim Burton says in the DVD Commentary that he dislikes it when children are always spared from danger in horror films. The Horseman beheads the Widow Winship and impales her unborn fetus. Thomas Killian is dragged out of the cellar by the Horseman and then beheaded. The Horseman does spare those two little girls in his introductory scene, but he winds up regretting it. Big time. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Brom's fake Horseman prank closely mirrors Ichabod's encounter with the Horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. | |
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Hellish Horse | |
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Hellish Horse: Daredevil, the Hessian's horse. Though in this case, it's literally being summoned from Hell (along with the Horseman himself). | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Lady Van Tassel only acts nice in public and has successfully been hiding for decades that everything she's been doing since she's (back) in the town is to get revenge. | |
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Impossibly-Low Neckline | |
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Impossibly-Low Neckline: Ichabod's mother in the flashbacks, played by Burton's then-wife Lisa Marie Smith. Combined with Of Corsets Sexy, you may find yourself thinking more on the chances of a nip slip than the somber mood of the scene. See here◊. | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: Ichabod. A lot. | |
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The Ingenue | |
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The Ingenue: Katrina is a subversion. While she has the Angelic Beauty and kindness to everyone, she's much smarter and braver than she appears. Ichabod suspects she's actually the one summoning the Horseman, hiding behind the facade of being an Ingenue, but she's not. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Lady Van Tassel. At one point with a literal ax (even though sneakily enough, in the back)! The Headless Horseman has an ax and was a berserker with a love of carnage in life. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: The Hessian worked for the Redcoats, not for money but for the love of killing. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: The Horseman, pre-mortem, was an extremely vicious soldier who reveled in carnage... but at the same time, he was not one for killing children. His bit of kindness or mercy comes back to bite him in the ass, especially when we learn that a young Lady Van Tassel intentionally gave him away so she can perform her deeds in the film, as she narrates to Katrina. | |
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Best Served Cold | |
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Best Served Cold: Lady Van Tassel had been planning her revenge since childhood. | |
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Good Hair, Evil Hair | |
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Good Hair, Evil Hair: Lady Van Tassel has her hair up while pretending to be good. When she's evil, she wears her hair down. | |
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Who Is Driving? | |
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Who Is Driving?: Used in the opening when Peter Van Garrett is being driven at night. The Horseman kills his carriage driver, leaving it out of control before Van Garrett jumps off. | |
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Dragged Off to Hell | |
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Dragged Off to Hell: Lady Van Tassel's fate with the Hessian at the end of the movie. | |
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The Man Behind the Man | |
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Played straight later in the film; after Brom's death, Ichabod insists that, despite the supernatural nature of the Horseman, he has proof that the Horseman is not simply acting out of malevolence and that there is a very real human culprit operating behind the scenes and manipulating him. However, since he's been injured and is feverish, he's brushed off. | |
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Scary Teeth | |
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Scary Teeth: The Horseman has filed his teeth to sharp points to add to the ferocity of his appearance. | |
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Costume Porn | |
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Costume Porn: The film's costume design didn't get an Academy Award nomination for no reason. The dresses are amazing. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3ec27f76 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3ec27f76 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f21ec8 | type |
Near-Miss Groin Attack | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f21ec8 | comment |
Near-Miss Groin Attack: When Magistrate Phillipse is killed by the Horseman, his head spins on his body before falling off and rolling down the slope towards Ichabod. The head comes to rest between Ichabod's legs, and the Horseman retrieves it by spearing it on his sword as he rides past, the blade striking inches from Ichabod's crotch. Ichabod faints. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f21ec8 | featureConfidence |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f21ec8 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f45f1e6 | type |
Adaptational Heroism | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f45f1e6 | comment |
Adaptational Heroism: The original story's Ichabod was a full-blown Dirty Coward who happens to be a Gold Digger and, while his final fate is left pretty ambiguous, it's harder to dispute that he didn't deserve it. Burton's version, even if quite foppish, is a Cowardly Lion and a determined man of the law. Brom, while still a bit of a jerk and a bully, also proves dedicated and courageous in his defense of the town from the Horseman in this version. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_3f45f1e6 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_415b3315 | type |
Stylistic Suck | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_415b3315 | comment |
Stylistic Suck: The "Horseman" who attacks Ichabod one night is revealed to be Brom Bones, who is wearing a cloak atop his head with padding around the head doubling as the "shoulders". VFX supervisor Jim Mitchell mentions in a documentary about the making of the film says that this was a common method of portraying the Headless Horseman in past adaptations, but this did not hold up as a good effect over time due to obvious points, namely the arms coming out where the "waist" would be. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_415b3315 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_415b3315 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_415b3315 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_423f5a19 | type |
Killed Offscreen | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_423f5a19 | comment |
Killed Offscreen: When Baltus sees the Horseman advancing on Lady Van Tassel, he flees to the church without staying and potentially becoming a victim. This turns out to be a subversion as Lady Van Tassel is revealed to be Faking the Dead. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_423f5a19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_423f5a19 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_479d4e5a | type |
Would Hurt a Child | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_479d4e5a | comment |
Would Hurt a Child: The Hessian is sent by Lady Van Tassel to murder Beth Killian, the town midwife, and her family. He kills Mr. Killian right away and Beth hides her young son Thomas under the floor to protect him. She's killed next. The Hessian seems about ready to walk away...before stopping, turning back, and then stabbing his sword into the floor. The next scene shows him dropping something into his sack as he leaves the house. One scene involves an autopsy of one of the victims, the Widow Winship. When examining her abdomen, Ichabod notices a strange stab wound. It turns out the Hessian also beheaded her fetus. Subverted in the Horseman's past life. He simply shushed two girls to cover his position instead of simply killing them.Though it is also possible he planned on killing them, but didn't want to risk them alerting the soldiers if they screamed, given even a twig snap was enough to alert them. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_479d4e5a | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_479d4e5a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_479d4e5a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_48c99e19 | type |
Death by Adaptation | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_48c99e19 | comment |
Death by Adaptation: Brom is killed when trying to fight the Horseman off. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_48c99e19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_48c99e19 | featureConfidence |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_48c99e19 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49334c8e | type |
Coitus Uninterruptus | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49334c8e | comment |
Coitus Uninterruptus: Twice. When Ichabod arrives at the Van Tassels' party, he stumbles upon the sight of an elderly man and a young woman engaged in passionate kissing (later revealed to be Dr. Lancaster and the Van Tassels' young buxom servant girl Sarah). The second time, Ichabod follows a cloaked figure into the woods and discovers Reverend Steenwyck and Lady Van Tassel engaged in sexual intercourse. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49334c8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49334c8e | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: Used when Peter Van Garrett is decapitated, with his blood splattering on a nearby scarecrow. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49f20c6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49f20c6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_49f20c6a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b045a8a | type |
Villainous Valour | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b045a8a | comment |
Villainous Valour: Brom, who spends most of the film as a jealous Jerkass to Ichabod, fearlessly faces an invincible undead headless warrior using a musket and then a pair of sickles and actually has the Hessian on the defensive for most of their fight until his guard slips and he becomes Half the Man He Used to Be. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b045a8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b045a8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b045a8a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b0ef86e | type |
Advertised Extra | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b0ef86e | comment |
Advertised Extra: Christopher Lee gets top billing in the opening credits. He has one scene, which amusingly takes place before the credits. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b0ef86e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b0ef86e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4b0ef86e | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: Setting up the final act of the film: "When this cut was made, this woman was already dead!" Then the following line as Lady Van Tassel steps out of the shadows, frightening Katrina. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4e7c4536 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4fa68c72 | type |
Like Parent, Like Spouse | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4fa68c72 | comment |
Like Parent, Like Spouse: Ichabod falls like a brick for the cute witch Katrina. His mother was "an innocent child of nature" "condemned, murdered to save her soul" by his father, a "Bible-black tyrant hiding 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 Katrina for her compassion. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4fa68c72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4fa68c72 | featureConfidence |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4fa68c72 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4ff0627a | type |
Suspect Existence Failure | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4ff0627a | comment |
Suspect Existence Failure: A variant in that everyone knows that the Headless Horseman is doing all the killing, but they're trying to find the person controlling him. Lady Van Tassel decapitates a maid to serve as her corpse. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4ff0627a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4ff0627a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_4ff0627a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_504a1991 | type |
Body Horror | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_504a1991 | comment |
Body Horror: At the end, when the Horseman's skull morphs into a human head, including a brief Wild Take. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_504a1991 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_504a1991 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_504a1991 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_506bf16a | type |
Sex Signals Death | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_506bf16a | comment |
Sex Signals Death: Three characters meet their demise this way. The busty young servant girl Sarah meets her demise via having her head decapitated and Lancaster gets his head bashed in with a large crucifix not long after their steamy affair together. Courtesy of Lady Van Tassel's manipulation and blackmail. After having rough animalistic extramarital sex with Lady Van Tassel in the woods, Reverend Steenwick gets shot in the chest by a panicked Lord Van Tassel when he tries to keep Lancaster silent about Lady Van Tassel's manipulations of them. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_506bf16a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_506bf16a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_506bf16a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_50d71a78 | type |
Dual Wielding | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_50d71a78 | comment |
Dual Wielding: Used by the Hessian, to great effect. Brom, not so much. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_50d71a78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_50d71a78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_50d71a78 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_519f108a | type |
Throwing Your Sword Always Works | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_519f108a | comment |
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Subverted by the Horseman when he tries to figure out how to get Baltus Van Tassel. He throws his axe at the church fence, but the holy aura surrounding the church melts it. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_519f108a | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_519f108a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_519f108a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_51c28ba3 | type |
Non-Action Big Bad | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_51c28ba3 | comment |
Non-Action Big Bad: Lady Van Tassel, who rules Sleepy Hollow secretly behind the scenes through the Headless Horseman. Justified as they had to remain anonymous. They do get their hands dirty by murdering Sarah the servant girl and the crone in the western woods by hand, and shooting Ichabod in the climax but it still pales in comparison. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_51c28ba3 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_51c28ba3 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_54fbf23f | type |
Seeking Sanctuary | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_54fbf23f | comment |
Seeking Sanctuary: The Headless Horseman cannot enter Holy Ground, so fleeing there almost works... | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_54fbf23f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_54fbf23f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_54fbf23f | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_55180ce | type |
Snow Means Death | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_55180ce | comment |
Snow Means Death: It was snowing when the Hessian became the Headless Horseman. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_55180ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_55180ce | featureConfidence |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_55180ce | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: Irving describes Ichabod as a very lanky, long-nosed, and odd-looking man in the story, but here, he's played by Johnny Depp. Depp wanted to wear a prosthetic nose, but it didn't work out. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_557838d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_557838d1 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5670cddb | type |
Troubled Backstory Flashback | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5670cddb | comment |
Troubled Backstory Flashback: While Ichabod is having a nightmare about his childhood, we see what happened to his mother, and this story is quite a tearjerker. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5670cddb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5670cddb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5670cddb | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_56a77d27 | type |
Beautiful Slave Girl | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_56a77d27 | comment |
Beautiful Slave Girl: The Van Tassels have a very pretty servant girl called Sarah, who was having a forbidden affair with the doctor, and discovered by Lady Van Tassel. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_56a77d27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_56a77d27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_56a77d27 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_575fd5e2 | type |
Dark Is Not Evil | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_575fd5e2 | comment |
Dark Is Not Evil: The Witch of the Western Woods just wants to help, and gets killed for her trouble. The Hessian might be an example. He was a vicious soldier when he was alive, but instead of killing the two little girls who could give him away, he simply shushed them. While he's certainly killing lots of people now, he's only doing it because Lady Van Tassel is controlling him. So it's more Dark Is Not Completely Evil. He certainly cares for his horse, stroking it when it's dying and happily patting it when they're reunited. In fact, while he was ruthless, he isn't seen killing anyone unarmed while alive, and the moment he gets his head back, he only kills the one responsible for his pain before leaving. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_575fd5e2 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_575fd5e2 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_59e24999 | type |
Supernaturally Marked Grave | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_59e24999 | comment |
Supernaturally Marked Grave: The Tree of the Dead grows up over the Horseman's resting place, which also doubles as a portal into Hell from which he emerges on Lady van Tassell's bidding. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_59e24999 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_59e24999 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5abc8612 | type |
Unholy Matrimony | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5abc8612 | comment |
Unholy Matrimony: When the Hessian, now in possession of his head that was taken from him by Lady Van Tassel, gives her a squick-filled kiss as he drags the both of them into Hell to spend eternity. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5abc8612 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5abc8612 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5abc8612 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5b459e82 | type |
Lodged-Blade Recycling | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5b459e82 | comment |
Lodged-Blade Recycling: Brom Bones throws a knife into the Headless Horseman's back, but he pulls it out and throws it into Brom's thigh. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5b459e82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5b459e82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5b459e82 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5f261d88 | type |
Mood Lighting | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5f261d88 | comment |
Mood Lighting: The entirety of the movie, except the ending scene, is shot with a creepy blue filter. The "red" blood is actually orange. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5f261d88 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5f261d88 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_5f261d88 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60194b82 | type |
Spanner in the Works | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60194b82 | comment |
Spanner in the Works: Ichabod ends up being this twice for the Big Bad. First, he and Young Masbath spot Lady Van Tassel having a tryst with Reverend Steenwyck, during which she cuts her hand; she has to add a similar cut to Sarah's hand after she murders her. Then Ichabod, after having examined the body, has a "Eureka!" Moment and realizes the wound on the body was made after the woman had been beheaded, meaning he figures out Lady Van Tassel's plot and is able to get to the windmill in time to help Katrina and Young Masbath. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60194b82 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60194b82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60194b82 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6023a9bc | type |
Bloody Hilarious | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6023a9bc | comment |
Bloody Hilarious: Tim Burton actually tried to find as many excuses as possible to have Ichabod sprayed in the face with blood. Later becomes less funny, when the trope is applied in Ichabod's backstory... as he's a young child and the one bleeding all over him is his recently murdered mother. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6023a9bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6023a9bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6023a9bc | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60f992e8 | type |
Florence Nightingale Effect | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60f992e8 | comment |
Florence Nightingale Effect: Lady Van Tassel was previously a nurse for Katrina's dying mother, and married Baltus after her death. She actually murdered the mother specifically to marry Baltus. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60f992e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60f992e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_60f992e8 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: The Horseman. Once he gets back his head, he gives a more-than-deserved punishment to Lady Van Tassel (probably realizing she's the one who got him killed long ago and the one who forced him to commit decapitations), biting her while kissing her, and dragging her to Hell. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_617f0563 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_61b9028c | type |
Sinister Scythe | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_61b9028c | comment |
Sinister Scythe: When Ichabod and Brom tag-team the Horseman, the former uses a scythe while the latter carries a pair of sickles. Ichabod manages to stall the Horseman by stabbing him in the back, forcing him to stop and pull it out before going on the offensive again. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_61b9028c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_61b9028c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_61b9028c | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_63d861f8 | type |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_63d861f8 | comment |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The Hessian is a bloodthirsty killer, but he seems to be very affectionate toward his horse. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_63d861f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_63d861f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_63d861f8 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_64986b44 | type |
High Collar of Doom | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_64986b44 | comment |
High Collar of Doom: The Headless Horseman wears one of these to go with his Badass Cape. On a meta note, it was a pain to film and the collar was essentially made into a CGI object which was matched with his movements. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_64986b44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_64986b44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_64986b44 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_65acf9db | type |
He Knows Too Much | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_65acf9db | comment |
He Knows Too Much: Jonathan Masbath and the Killian family are killed because the former was a witness to the secret marriage between Van Garrett and the Widow Winship, and Beth Killian told Lady Van Tassel that she knew the Widow had been pregnant in front of her husband; young Thomas, who was too young to understand, was likely just collateral damage. Lancaster is killed by Steenwyck when the former tries to confess Lady Van Tassel's conspiracy. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_65acf9db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_65acf9db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_65acf9db | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_698d7dad | type |
Lovecraft Country | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_698d7dad | comment |
Lovecraft Country: The town of Sleepy Hollow and its surrounding spooky woods comprise a spiritual cousin, at least. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_698d7dad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_698d7dad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_698d7dad | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6ce535a9 | type |
You Can't Kill What's Already Dead | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6ce535a9 | comment |
You Can't Kill What's Already Dead: Lampshaded by Ichabod during the film's climax, when Young Masbeth asks if he's succeeded in killing the Headless Horseman. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6ce535a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6ce535a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6ce535a9 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Hardenbrook hangs himself because he can't live with his knowledge of the conspiracy. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6d332aea | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6dd37459 | type |
It's Going Down | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6dd37459 | comment |
It's Going Down: The windmill. Monster movies hate windmills. This was not an uncommon fate for windmills of the time, minus the hell-monster part. Flour is surprisingly flammable. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6dd37459 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6dd37459 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_6dd37459 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_71268450 | type |
Adaptation Title Change | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_71268450 | comment |
Adaptation Title Change: The title is shortened from the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_71268450 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7243f3cb | type |
Dark Fantasy | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7243f3cb | comment |
Dark Fantasy: The film's tone is close to that of a dark fairy tale, as it involves Wicked Witches and black and white magic in addition to the murder plot. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7243f3cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7243f3cb | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7360a6b6 | type |
Noble Demon | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7360a6b6 | comment |
Noble Demon: The Horseman, both in his past life and his ghost life. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7360a6b6 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_736d791f | type |
Adaptational Badass | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_736d791f | comment |
Adaptational Badass: The original story makes no mention of how capable the Horseman was as a fighter (he died of a random cannonball tearing his head off). The film version has a reputation as one of the most savage mercenaries to have fought in the War of Independence, goes down in a Last Stand and, thanks to his un-death, spends most of his time in the film acting as a near-unstoppable One-Man Army. Brom Bones is a pretty powerfully-built man in the original story, but he never fights anybody. In this film, he manages a pretty impressive Last Stand against the Horseman with Ichabod's help and would probably have won if not for the whole "undead Implacable Man" thing. Ichabod himself becomes much braver and more heroic than the cowardly twerp he was in the original story as a constable who is determined to get at the heart of a very grisly murder mystery. He still starts out terrified of the Horseman (when he realizes it's a real ghost) and of spiders, however. Katrina becomes a white witch powerful enough to cast spells that protect those she loves. She's also able to control two panicked horses to outrun the Horseman when he's after her. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_736d791f | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_736d791f | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744ab89c | type |
Holiday Motif | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744ab89c | comment |
Holiday Motif: The film is loaded with Halloween Friendly imagery. The misty, gothic farming village, the creepy Hammer Horror inspired visuals, and even Jack-O-Lantern headed scarecrows. And that’s before Walken's Horseman makes his appearance. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744ab89c | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744ab89c | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: From the beginning of the movie, when two policemen bring in a badly beaten man arrested for burglary. It's heavily implied that they beat him up. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744e3311 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_744e3311 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_77315f4f | type |
You Have to Believe Me! | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_77315f4f | comment |
You Have to Believe Me!: Inverted. Having seen the Headless Horseman with his own eyes, a panic-stricken Ichabod states this line several times to Baltus, Katrina, and Young Masbath. The catch is that they believe him perfectly well. Played straight later in the film; after Brom's death, Ichabod insists that, despite the supernatural nature of the Horseman, he has proof that the Horseman is not simply acting out of malevolence and that there is a very real human culprit operating behind the scenes and manipulating him. However, since he's been injured and is feverish, he's brushed off. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_77315f4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_77315f4f | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_777baed3 | type |
Out-of-Character Alert | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_777baed3 | comment |
Out-of-Character Alert: When everyone has been assuming that the Horseman has just come back from Hell to go on a rampage, when Ichabod witnesses the Horseman not bother fighting Brom until Brom forced the battle himself, he realises that the Horseman is under some form of control and is killing people on behalf of a living soul. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_777baed3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_777baed3 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7831c048 | type |
So Much for Stealth | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7831c048 | comment |
So Much for Stealth: Played wonderfully straight when the Hessian who later becomes the Headless Horseman is escaping through the woods from Revolutionary War soldiers. He encounters two girls gathering firewood and cautions them to silence with a finger to his lips. Without changing expression, one of the girls deliberately snaps the stick she's holding, drawing the soldiers in their direction. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7831c048 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7831c048 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79ba6777 | type |
Pocket Protector | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79ba6777 | comment |
Ichabod is saved from being shot because he wears the book in his jacket. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79ba6777 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79ba6777 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79eb1e2e | type |
Neutral Female | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79eb1e2e | comment |
Neutral Female: During the climax, when Ichabod and Lady Van Tassel are fighting over the Horseman's head, Katrina...just stands and watches them, as opposed to hitting her stepmother like Young Masbath or running to get the skull. As a result, she's grabbed by the Horseman and only saved from beheading in the nick of time. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79eb1e2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_79eb1e2e | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7a0374eb | type |
Impoverished Patrician | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7a0374eb | comment |
Impoverished Patrician: Lady Van Tassel's family was forced into this by Peter Van Garrett, who forced them off their land when their father died, and Baltus who took said land for himself. This is why she used the Headless Horseman for revenge. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7a0374eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7a0374eb | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7c4e1599 | type |
Loving Parent, Cruel Parent | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7c4e1599 | comment |
Loving Parent, Cruel Parent: In Ichabod's backstory, his mother was a flighty, eccentric and loving spirit, while his father was a barbaric, Bible-thumping tyrant who eventually murdered his mother for her "ungodly" behaviour using a Medieval torture instrument, traumatizing a young Ichabod. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7c4e1599 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7c4e1599 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7e6c0522 | type |
Off with His Head! | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7e6c0522 | comment |
The Hessian is sent by Lady Van Tassel to murder Beth Killian, the town midwife, and her family. He kills Mr. Killian right away and Beth hides her young son Thomas under the floor to protect him. She's killed next. The Hessian seems about ready to walk away...before stopping, turning back, and then stabbing his sword into the floor. The next scene shows him dropping something into his sack as he leaves the house. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7e6c0522 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7efd2e30 | type |
Expository Hairstyle Change | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7efd2e30 | comment |
Expository Hairstyle Change: After she's revealed to be evil, Lady Van Tassel's hair is loose, while before she always wore it up. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7efd2e30 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7f9b12a6 | type |
Chairman of the Brawl | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7f9b12a6 | comment |
Chairman of the Brawl: Killian throws a chair at the Horseman when the latter bursts into his house. The Horseman just deflects it with his axes. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_7f9b12a6 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_80b5924 | type |
Left Hanging | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_80b5924 | comment |
Left Hanging: The film ends with Ichabod, Katrina, and Young Masbath arriving in New York, ready to start their new lives together. Without providing an answer to how they're actually going to explain what happened to the Burgomaster and High Constable. Technically, Ichabod did solve the case, but there's no one to face justice... | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_80b5924 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_815d5a99 | type |
The Three Faces of Eve | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_815d5a99 | comment |
The Three Faces of Eve: The three prominent female characters. Katrina, as the youngest, is The Child; she's an Ingenue and rather naive but very trusting. Ichabod's mother is The Wife; in addition to being very maternal, she's shown to be caring and nurturing. Lady Van Tassel is the Seductress. She seduced her way into becoming the Van Tassel matriarch and has a fling with Reverend Steenwyck. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_815d5a99 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Miranda Richardson cheerfully NOMS down any scenery that isn't nailed down or on fire after The Reveal. Christopher Walken, surprising nobody, as the Hessian can be frighteningly hammy even without saying a line except yelling maniacally. The special appearance of Christopher Lee counts. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_823c6e3e | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_83cef301 | type |
Right for the Wrong Reasons | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_83cef301 | comment |
Right for the Wrong Reasons: Ichabod starts his investigation firmly believing that the Horseman is a man of flesh and blood, and that the Horseman has a human reason to be running around killing people. He's wrong about the Horseman being a human being, but he's right about there being a human motive... namely, the motive of whoever has managed to summon the Horseman from the grave. He also suspects that the culprit is hiding behind "the mask of virtue". He's right but it's not Katrina — rather her stepmother. Young Masbath finding a chalk symbol drawn under Ichabod's bed leads the boy to declare "someone is casting spells against you". Someone is casting spells — in this case Katrina — but it's a spell of protection. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_83cef301 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8494bcb3 | type |
Disposable Pilot | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8494bcb3 | comment |
Disposable Pilot: The first person killed in the whole film is Peter Van Garrett's driver. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8494bcb3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8494bcb3 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8658cd14 | type |
Agent Scully | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8658cd14 | comment |
Agent Scully: Ichabod is originally unconvinced of the supernatural elements surrounding the murders. That is until Magistrate Phillipse is decapitated right in front of him. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8658cd14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8658cd14 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8706deee | type |
Cranium Chase | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8706deee | comment |
Cranium Chase: The Headless Horseman is forced to kill people until he gets his own head returned. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8706deee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8706deee | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8b4f491c | type |
Villainy-Free Villain | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8b4f491c | comment |
Villainy-Free Villain: The Horseman himself, oddly enough. Baltus Van Tassel describes him as a Psycho for Hire who took part in the Revolutionary War to satisfy his bloodlust, and thus one would assume he was an evil sadist. But despite his motives, we never see him cut down anyone during the war who wasn't an enemy soldier. He spares the lives of two little girls who cross his path, even after one alerts the enemy to his presence. In the present day, when he's resurrected as the Headless Horseman, it's established that Lady Van Tassel is controlling him via supernatural means, and he only kills the people she forces him to. When he is finally restored to his original form and freed from Lady Van Tassel's control, he leaves the heroes alone, takes his revenge on Lady Van Tassel, and promptly departs for the afterlife. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8b4f491c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8b4f491c | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8c4bafff | type |
Holy Burns Evil | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8c4bafff | comment |
Holy Burns Evil: The Horseman can't enter the hallowed church grounds for this reason. His horse refuses to even set foot in it, and when he throws his ax into it, it immediately disintegrates. The Horseman works around this by tying a piece of the church fence to a rope, using it to impale Baltus and drag him out before beheading him. Invoked Trope since Katrina had actually cast a protection spell to keep him out of the church. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8c4bafff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8c4bafff | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8cb844c6 | type |
Mr. Exposition | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8cb844c6 | comment |
Mr. Exposition: When the true villain is finally revealed, she goes into a long, long Infodump of raw, untreated exposition that details her entire scheme in agonizing detail. It doubles as a Motive Rant, but despite all the Evil Gloating that goes on, it's a Justified Trope considering Lady Van Tassel has already called for the Headless Horseman, and so loses nothing by spelling out in great detail the whys and wherefores of the plot. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8cb844c6 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8cb844c6 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8ec0abf | type |
The Voiceless | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8ec0abf | comment |
The Voiceless: The Hessian doesn't speak any word in the movie. Justified for the majority of the movie which he spends without a head, but even when he gets his head back, all he utters is a growl sounding like "YAAAARRRRGGH." Ichabod's memories of what happened to his mother play out without her (or Ichabod's father) uttering a single word. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8ec0abf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8ec0abf | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8f27123b | type |
Non-Dubbed Grunts | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8f27123b | comment |
Non-Dubbed Grunts: Christopher Walken's yells as The Horseman are retained in the film's foreign-language dubs. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8f27123b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8f27123b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8f27123b | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8fed141a | type |
Bloody Handprint | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8fed141a | comment |
Bloody Handprint: Lady Van Tassel smears one on Reverend Steenwyck's back during sex in the woods. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8fed141a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_8fed141a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: Anyone decapitated by the Horseman is potentially condemned to Hell, since he brings their heads with him to the Tree of the Dead in his journey back to the underworld. When he has his own head back and Lady Van Tassel in his power, the Horseman takes her with him to Hell while she's still alive. Albeit not for very long. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_90e31482 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91672d3e | type |
Children Are Innocent | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91672d3e | comment |
Children Are Innocent: Averted with Lady Van Tassel when she was a little girl and apparently cruel from the start. | |
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-1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91672d3e | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91697559 | type |
Half the Man He Used to Be | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91697559 | comment |
Half the Man He Used to Be: Brom is literally cut into two pieces (through the abdomen) by the Headless Horseman. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91697559 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_91697559 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_916c72b3 | type |
Rule of Symbolism | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_916c72b3 | comment |
When we see the supposed "evil eye" drawn by Katrina at the church, it's notably drawn in pink chalk. Such a color motif hints that its intentions are more benign than it appears. | |
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1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_916c72b3 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9245d989 | type |
Sinister Minister | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9245d989 | comment |
Sinister Minister: Reverend Steenwyck has no problem with Lady Van Tassel slicing her hand, smearing him with her blood, and drinking it while they're having a roll in the woods. And he later strikes Dr. Lancaster dead for saying too much to Baltus. Ichabod's dad, who hated witches and figured the only way to save his wife's soul was to kill her in one of many torture devices he keeps in his church. In his dreams, Ichabod closely associates the murderous Horseman with his "Bible-black tyrant" father. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9245d989 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9245d989 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93168fb1 | type |
It's Quiet… Too Quiet | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93168fb1 | comment |
It's Quiet… Too Quiet: Note to city slickers: Forests are supposed to be noisy. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93168fb1 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93deab19 | type |
Ominous Fog | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93deab19 | comment |
Ominous Fog: Rolls in and puts out the torches before the Horseman comes riding in. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93deab19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_93deab19 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_950bbfa7 | type |
Take a Third Option | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_950bbfa7 | comment |
Take a Third Option: Katrina makes a spell to keep the Horseman from entering the church, which keeps her father safe. The Horseman would fail his mission if he can't get to Baltus, so he uses a fence post as a harpoon to drag Baltus out of the church and take his head. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_950bbfa7 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_96553833 | type |
Eagle-Eye Detection | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_96553833 | comment |
Eagle-Eye Detection: Ichabod's preferred method for solving the streak of murders. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_96553833 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_96553833 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_96553833 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_970c790a | comment |
Katrina points out a decorative archer on what's left of the fireplace when she and Ichabod first visit her childhood cottage. It actually figures into the Big Bad's Motive Rant in the climax. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_970c790a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_972142db | type |
Headless Horseman | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_972142db | comment |
Headless Horseman: In this film, he's a former mercenary who died by decapitation and is later summoned from the dead to decapitate other people until his own head is returned to him. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_972142db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_972142db | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_974b47a7 | type |
Men Are the Expendable Gender | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_974b47a7 | comment |
Men Are the Expendable Gender: Averted throughout; the Horseman chops off as many women's heads as he does the men. | |
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-1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_974b47a7 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_98f2361a | type |
FairyTaleMotifs | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_98f2361a | comment |
Fairy Tale Motifs: The plot is orchestrated by a Wicked Stepmother who herself ended up in servitude. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_98f2361a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_98f2361a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_99298c71 | type |
Better to Die than Be Killed | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_99298c71 | comment |
Better to Die than Be Killed: Notary Hardenbrook commits suicide by hanging because he expects to be the Horseman's next victim otherwise. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_99298c71 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_99298c71 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_999b994b | type |
Dead to Begin With | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_999b994b | comment |
Dead to Begin With: Ichabod and Young Masbeth try to get rid of the Horseman by actions, such as setting a windmill he is in on fire, that would kill a normal human, but then lampshade that isn't of much use against someone who's already dead. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_999b994b | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9a158325 | type |
Gothic Horror | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9a158325 | comment |
Gothic Horror: There are a few scenes highlighting the eeriness of the Van Tassel family house, particularly when Ichabod in the shadows watches someone sneaking out at night. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9a158325 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: After he recovers from his minor hysteria after seeing the Horseman with his own eyes, Ichabod renews his determination to finish the case; in short, as he puts it, pitting himself against a murdering ghost. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9bcd82c0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9cb5e4bb | type |
Evil Costume Switch | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9cb5e4bb | comment |
Evil Costume Switch: When Lady Van Tassel is revealed as the villain, she wears her hair down and adopts a much bolder dress than her more muted colours before. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9cb5e4bb | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: The fact that the Horseman is following orders and hunting down specific targets, and not just a mindless killer who slaughters everything he can is foreshadowed when he initially spares both Ichabod and Brom. When Ichabod shares this realization with Baltus, Doctor Lancaster clearly gets an Oh, Crap! expression on his face, suggesting he already knows how the Horseman is operating. Katrina points out a decorative archer on what's left of the fireplace when she and Ichabod first visit her childhood cottage. It actually figures into the Big Bad's Motive Rant in the climax. When we see the supposed "evil eye" drawn by Katrina at the church, it's notably drawn in pink chalk. Such a color motif hints that its intentions are more benign than it appears. Lady Van Tassel gets a cut on her hand. Her knowing how to treat the wound with local flowers foreshadows that she is a witch, and the fact that she was seen cutting it herself in ritualistic fashion while having extramarital sex shortly before should tell the audience she is not a good witch. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0434be6 | type |
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0434be6 | comment |
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: It's a Tim Burton film, so obviously Ichabod and the Hessian fit this trope. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0434be6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0434be6 | featureConfidence |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0434be6 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0a838fe | type |
Bait-and-Switch Gunshot | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0a838fe | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Gunshot: Used when Jonathan Masbath attempts to snipe the Horseman. The shot is heard from a distance and the horse neighs, suggesting the Horseman was taken out. The scene then cuts to Masbath running down the road as fast as he can, his shot having failed. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a0a838fe | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a2022cc9 | type |
Killed Mid-Sentence | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a2022cc9 | comment |
Killed Mid-Sentence: Dr. Lancaster tries to reason with Baltus, saying "We were devilishly possessed by one who...", but Reverend Steenwyck hits a wooden cross on his head before he can finish. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a2022cc9 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a2022cc9 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: The horror tone of the scenes with the Horseman are interspersed with the darkly comedic scenes with the bumbling Ichabod Crane. The deaths of the Killian family. Up until this point, the sight of people getting their heads sliced off has been enjoyable in a funny/gruesome sort of way, but the deaths of kind-hearted Killian, his wife, and their young son are treated as a genuine tragedy. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a4c37cbe | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a588c1cf | type |
Cool Horse | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a588c1cf | comment |
Cool Horse: Next up on Pimp My Horse, we examine the Hessian's ride, Daredevil. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a588c1cf | featureConfidence |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a588c1cf | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a60e3252 | type |
Rule of Funny | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a60e3252 | comment |
Ichabod is sprayed in the face with blood when he cuts into a decapitated cadaver. Not only would a long-dead corpse have no blood pressure, but a headless one wouldn't really even have any more blood. It's probably an exceptionally morbid example of Rule of Funny, though (he is, after all, doing an autopsy on someone whose cause of death is quite obvious). There is an attempted hand wave for the latter case, as it's said the Horseman's blade cauterizes the wounds of the heads he cuts off. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a60e3252 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a60e3252 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6275bef | type |
Cool Sword | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6275bef | comment |
Cool Sword: The Horseman has a totally sick◊ black-bladed one with a snake's-head pommel. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6275bef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6275bef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6275bef | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6f23b2d | type |
Skepticism Failure | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6f23b2d | comment |
Skepticism Failure: Ichabod refuses to believe that there is a murderous ghoul behind the barrage of grisly deaths up until he sees the actual Horseman coming to get a victim right in front of him. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6f23b2d | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a6f23b2d | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a8c1433e | type |
Dead Star Walking | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a8c1433e | comment |
Dead Star Walking: Martin Landau (Peter Van Garrett) is murdered by the Horseman before the film even reaches two minutes. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a8c1433e | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a8c1433e | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a94f7c67 | type |
Last Grasp at Life | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a94f7c67 | comment |
Last Grasp at Life: How Lady Van Tassel's hand appears in the Tree of the Dead when the Hessian drags her to Hell. Interestingly, the way her arm is at first positioned with her palm up and fingers stretched out towards freedom becomes even creepier, as the muscles relax in death and her fingers curl up in a 'come hither' gesture. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_a94f7c67 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_aa30e350 | type |
Sole Survivor | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_aa30e350 | comment |
Sole Survivor: At the end of the film, Baltus and Mary Van Tassel are dead, leaving their daughter Katrina as the last living member of the Van Tassels. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_aa30e350 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_aa30e350 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ac5b526d | type |
Hellgate | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ac5b526d | comment |
Hellgate: The Tree of the Dead is where the Horseman travels between Earth and the underworld. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ac5b526d | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad17a1ac | type |
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad17a1ac | comment |
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: That said, Lady Van Tassel's excuse does not justify her murdering her own sister, or Masbeth the Elder, or the servant girl out of pure spite, or the midwife who knew Widow Winship had been pregnant, or her husband and young son; nor does it excuse her greed, which makes her just as bad as the families she was seeking revenge against, and actually even worse. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad17a1ac | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad17a1ac | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Lady Van Tassel gives a particularly great one when she realizes in whose arms she just woke up after the final showdown. Ichabod when he first sees the Horseman in Sleepy Hollow and flees for his life; really, it's just Brom and his friends playing a prank on him. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ad1db87c | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_add14bc2 | type |
Orcus on His Throne | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_add14bc2 | comment |
Orcus on His Throne: Zig-zagged with Lady Van Tassel, who actively controls the Horseman and personally kills two victims (the Witch of the Western Woods and Sarah) plus a third by poison, but doesn't directly step up to reveal herself as the one behind the Horseman's actions until the final act. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_add14bc2 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_adfd3165 | type |
For the Evulz | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_adfd3165 | comment |
For the Evulz: The Hessian/Headless Horseman worked for the British for the fun of slaughter rather than for money. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_adfd3165 | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_adfd3165 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b02f996a | type |
Town with a Dark Secret | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b02f996a | comment |
Town with a Dark Secret: The general public just knows that there are several murders in Sleepy Hollow. The town's council knows that it's a ghostly Headless Horseman going around doing the killing and also who's controlling him. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b02f996a | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b02f996a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Christina Ricci is absolutely smoking hot in this film. She's not a filler character, but her deep cleavage makes her fit the trope. | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b032e4ed | featureApplicability |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b032e4ed | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1346878 | type |
Fate Worse than Death | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1346878 | comment |
Fate Worse than Death: Lady Van Tassel is still alive when the Horseman takes her into the Tree of the Dead. Not only is she taken to Hell (presumably forever), but the Horseman is furiously mad at her, and really not someone you want to piss off... | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1346878 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1a7cd14 | type |
Tap on the Head | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1a7cd14 | comment |
Tap on the Head: During the climax, Young Masbeth hits Lady Van Tassel over the head with a heavy piece of wood, knocking her unconscious. This allows Ichabod enough time to retrieve the Horseman's skull and return it. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1a7cd14 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1dde8fd | type |
Loophole Abuse | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1dde8fd | comment |
Loophole Abuse: Sure, the Headless Horseman can't enter hallowed ground, but that doesn't mean he can't tie a piece of the fence to a rope, swing it into the church to impale his next victim, and drag him out before beheading him. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b1dde8fd | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b7c53a22 | type |
Blood Knight | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: The Hessian, in life, was a mercenary who joined the war of Independence purely for the fun of killing. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b7c53a22 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b8e3f20a | type |
Demoted to Extra | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b8e3f20a | comment |
Demoted to Extra: Extra might be going a little far, but Brom's role as Ichabod's rival is massively downplayed. He's only in a handful of scenes, not really a threat to Ichabod and Katrina, and dies halfway through. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_b8e3f20a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_bee8baee | type |
Faint in Shock | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_bee8baee | comment |
Faint in Shock: The 'cowardly' Ichabod Crane is the hero and can't very well show true cowardice, so he tends to stick out any dangerous situation (like, say, any time the Headless Horseman shows up and makes with the headchopping) and then pass out once it's over. Played straight with Katrina, who faints twice over the course of the film, first when her father is impaled by a fence post in front of her, and then when her stepmother (believed to have been killed) reveals herself alive and well. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_bee8baee | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_bf3e372 | type |
Torture Is Ineffective | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_bf3e372 | comment |
Torture Is Ineffective: Ichabod's tasking in the Burgomaster's courtroom is preceded by a deleted scene, where an inventor is hawking a "foolproof" interrogation device to the law enforcement authorities. The inventor claims that a suspect placed inside his device - which resembles an iron maiden without spikes - will suffer no permanent injury, but have no choice but to confess the truth. Ichabod traps the inventor in his own device and refuses to release him until he signs a confession to the murder of the man discovered the previous night in the river. Of course the inventor had no involvement in the crime, but he is in so much pain that he signs immediately, and Ichabod facetiously holds up the confession as "proof" of the man's guilt. The part of Ichabod's tirade that innocent people are being convicted based on "evidence" and "confessions" of no more worth than "this one" made it into the final cut. Considering what is later revealed to have happened to Ichabod's mother, he was keeping his reaction to the inventor's sales pitch remarkably under control. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_bf3e372 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c02a3bf2 | type |
Imperiled in Pregnancy | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c02a3bf2 | comment |
Imperiled in Pregnancy: One of the Horseman's victims is the Widow Winship, who was pregnant. The Horseman beheads both her and the baby. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c02a3bf2 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c145f69b | type |
Subverted Trope | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted in the Horseman's past life. He simply shushed two girls to cover his position instead of simply killing them.Though it is also possible he planned on killing them, but didn't want to risk them alerting the soldiers if they screamed, given even a twig snap was enough to alert them. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c145f69b | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c3448a6f | type |
Informed Attribute | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c3448a6f | comment |
Informed Attribute: Katrina loves her father enough to burn evidence she thinks might be used against him, and tells Ichabod that there was no danger for her in riding through the Western Woods if it were her own father who summoned the Horseman—and yet at no point do we ever see father and daughter have any meaningful interaction throughout the course of the film. Apart from her screams of terror when he is killed. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c3448a6f | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c4b8e2ae | type |
One-Woman Wail | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c4b8e2ae | comment |
One-Woman Wail: A few songs in the soundtrack feature a single woman wailing with great effect. Special notion to the gentle wail during Ichabod's memories of his mother and the same wail with a much more unsettling feeling in the woods. | |
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1.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) | hasFeature |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c4b8e2ae | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: The sex scene between Reverend Steenwyck and Lady Van Tassel. Besides such taking place in the eerie cold woods and his being a slightly obese and unattractive man with a evil attractive married woman, the animal noises he makes and the way she slices open her hand and wipes blood on him during intercourse only adds to it. | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c660bc15 | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The film opens with a man passing a cornfield that has a scarecrow standing up in it. Some may need a double take, but others will recognize it immediately from one of Tim Burton's other films. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad has at least three: The toads by the bridge croaking "Ichabod", a (fake) Horseman throwing a flaming pumpkin on Ichabod (and coming towards the camera), and Ichabod suddenly realizing he's on Daredevil backwards. The fact that Brom disguises himself as the Horseman to freak out Ichabod. When Ichabod borrows a horse from Killian, he's told its name is "Gunpowder," just like his borrowed horse in Irving's short story. Likewise, the Hessian's horse is called "Daredevil" which, in the short story, was the name of Brom's horse. At the end of the film, Ichabod says "The Bronx is up, the Battery's down, and home is this way." | |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c75df49a | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c76ab3f5 | type |
Cow Tools | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c76ab3f5 | comment |
Cow Tools: The autopsy sequence. Ichabod hand-waves it by saying some of the tools are of his own design. | |
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Freudian Excuse | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: Lady Van Tassel does actually have a fairly good reason to hate the Van Garretts and the Van Tassels. Both of them seized her family's land and left her, her mother and her twin sister to starve after her father's death in spite of the family's many years of good service; no one in the town would take them in or help them because of the mother being suspected of witchcraft, and she died within a year, leaving her daughters completely destitute and forced to live in the woods. | |
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Baltus Van Tassel during the church attack. The Horseman grabs a fence post and rope, throws it through the window to spear Baltus, drags him to the fence, and then decapitates him. The fate of Ichabod's mother, inside an iron maiden. | |
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Hot Witch | |
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Hot Witch: Ichabod's mom, although her status as a witch is debatable. She was associated with magic. Lady Van Tassel is an evil example. She's very attractive and a mistress of black magic. Katrina practices witchcraft, since she is seen making a potion and chanting a spell when Ichabod falls ill. She goes more toward Cute Witch. | |
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No Name Given | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: Lady Van Tassel's first name is never revealed. According to the family tree visible in the movie, her name is "Mary Preston." However, since she later reveals that her family name was Archer, it's possible that she went under a completely different pseudonym when she became a caregiver and later wife to Baltus. The crone in the Western Woods is also unnamed. As she's the sister of Lady Van Tassel, we know her last name was Archer. Likewise, the Widow Winship is only ever called that by the other characters. A glance at the document shows that her first name was Emily. | |
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Torture Cellar | |
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Torture Cellar: Ichabod's father killed his free-spirited wife in one of these by locking her in an iron maiden. | |
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Nothing Is Scarier | |
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Nothing Is Scarier: Lampshaded in the woods. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
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Cassandra Truth: Inverted and Played for Laughs. Ichabod spends most of the film's first act as the only person in Sleepy Hollow who doesn't believe the Headless Horseman exists despite the townspeople's repeated warnings and attempts to convince him to take the matter more seriously. Then he gets to meet the undead entity itself and witnesses its head-chopping action firsthand. The next scene then switches to Ichabod cowering in bed, delirious as all hell and somehow convinced that nobody in town wants to take him at his word that he saw the Horseman... even though Baltus is right there, gently trying to remind Ichabod that they all, in fact, do and were the ones who told him so in the first place. | |
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Anti-Villain | |
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Anti-Villain: The Horseman technically. He's only killing because Lady Van Tassel is summoning him from the grave and making him do her bidding. When the head is returned, he happily goes into the afterlife. | |
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An Arm and a Leg | |
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An Arm and a Leg: The Hessian cuts off an American soldier's arm during his Last Stand. | |
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Genre Throwback | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_d139ffaf | comment |
Genre Throwback: Tim Burton imagined the film as one to Hammer Horror, particularly Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde. Casting Hammer veterans Christopher Lee and Michael Gough in small roles was a deliberate reference. The film was even shot in England rather than New York, where it was set. | |
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Connected All Along | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_d1d1f420 | comment |
Connected All Along: Those two girls the Horseman encounters before his death? Turns out they are a young Lady Van Tassel and her sister, who seem to be directly responsible for the Headless Horseman even existing in this continuity. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: The Horseman was decapitated with his own sword, instead of having his head blown off by a cannonball. If Lady Van Tassel hadn't cut her hand during sex with Reverend Steenwyck (thus meaning she had to make a similar cut on the hand of Sarah, the servant girl, whose body she was using to fake her death), Ichabod wouldn't have made the connection with his own scars and realized something was up. Namely that, when the cut was made, the headless woman was already dead. | |
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Portal Cut | |
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Portal Cut: The Tree of the Dead only lets souls through; any material objects, such as the victims' bodies, get compressed inside the tree trunk instead. | |
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Weapon Twirling | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_db824843 | comment |
Weapon Twirling: The Horseman has a habit of spinning his weapons during battles. To be expected, given his actor. | |
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Red Herring | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: There are clues pointing to both Baltus and Katrina as the culprit before Ichabod finally twigs upon the truth. | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: The two little girls that the Horseman comes across as he's escaping the army. At first, they just seem like a random inclusion, but end up integral to the story. Sarah the servant girl is introduced in a tryst with Dr. Lancaster; Lady Van Tassel reveals that she used this information to blackmail him. Near the end of the film, she's apparently run off, but in fact Lady Van Tassel murdered her in order to fake her own death. Beth Killian is introduced as a kindly midwife in the town. When it was discovered the Widow Winship was pregnant, she knew the secret and confided in her husband — sealing their fates in the murder plan. | |
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Wicked Witch | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_dd3d1f69 | comment |
Wicked Witch: Subverted with the Witch of the Western Woods, who looks wicked but just wants to help. Her sister, Lady Van Tassel, plays it straight. | |
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Protective Charm | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e3613529 | comment |
Protective Charm: Katrina's pentagram; though Ichabod correctly interprets it as a sign that Katrina practices witchcraft, he instead concludes that this must mean she is behind the murders and doesn't discover that it is a protective charm until he reads her book while leaving Sleepy Hollow. | |
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Hollywood Costuming | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e46f71c3 | comment |
Hollywood Costuming: The costumes resembles the fashions of the earlier part of the 18th century rather than the Regency styles that were fashionable in 1799. | |
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Scary Scarecrows | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e47e0eb | comment |
Scary Scarecrows: Plenty of them all throughout Sleepy Hollow, but most notably the familiar pumpkin-headed scarecrow at the very beginning of the film. | |
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Light Is Not Good | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e543a655 | comment |
Light Is Not Good: Ichabod's father's eye-searingly white church hides a dungeon filled with torture devices. Played with in regards to Katrina. As she is the only character to dress in light colors and ride a white horse, her significance is clear immediately to a Genre Savvy viewer. When combined with her witchcraft, this makes her legitimately suspicious by the time Ichabod suspects her of controlling the Horseman. In the end, though, she turns out to be good after all. Which he's almost certainly thinking about his pious father when he says. | |
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Pimped-Out Dress | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e5448c9 | comment |
Pimped-Out Dress: Sleepy Hollow is a well-off town, so fancy dresses are the norm. Even in a flashback, two girls kicked out of their home are forced to wear fur-trimmed winter ballgowns while gathering firewood◊. | |
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InfoDump | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e63228a7 | comment |
Info Dump: There's a particularly awkward conversation in the movie's first act in which Katrina explains her family's history to Ichabod. Christina Ricci does her best with it, but it inevitably sounds like a recitation of information that'll be important later. | |
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Weapon Tombstone | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e7065d4 | comment |
Weapon Tombstone: The Hessian's sword marked where his body was dumped before the Tree of the Dead grew up around the spot. | |
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Blade Lock | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e8eb7d1e | comment |
Blade Lock: The Horseman was beaten while alive when his weapons were caught in a bind and another soldier stabbed him. | |
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Younger Than They Look | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_e9db9908 | comment |
Younger Than They Look: Lady Van Tassel must be in her late twenties or early thirties, since she couldn't have been more than nine or ten at the most when the Hessian died (Miranda Richardson was forty-one during filming). | |
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The Vamp | |
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The Vamp: Lady Van Tassel, who manages to seduce Reverend Steenwyck into her service. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: The Magistrate's head hits Ichabod in the groin when he is decapitated. | |
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Dwindling Party | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ed68bcc9 | comment |
Dwindling Party: When Ichabod first walks through Sleepy Hollow, he sees a lot of the townspeople who will figure into this mystery. By the end of the movie, most of those townspeople will be dead. | |
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Obvious Villain, Secret Villain | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_efdc0552 | comment |
Obvious Villain, Secret Villain: The Headless Horseman is going around killing the residents of Sleepy Hollow to recover his head after he was decapitated by a cannonball in the Revolutionary War. What Ichabod and the town of Sleepy Hollow don't know at least until much later is that the true mastermind behind the Horseman's revenge is none other than Katrina's stepmother Lady Van Tassel. | |
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Creepy Child | |
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Creepy Child: Lady Van Tassel promised her soul to the Devil as a child, for revenge on those who drove her family to poverty. | |
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Would Hit a Girl | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_f42f96fa | comment |
Would Hit a Girl: During the final battle, Ichabod body-tackles Lady Van Tassel off her horse and Young Masbath smacks her over the head with a heavy tree branch! Justified since she's actually the Big Bad and the one controlling the Headless Horseman. | |
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Last Stand | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_f7cee9b | comment |
Last Stand: The Horseman was killed in one of these while being hunted by American soldiers close to the outskirts of Sleepy Hollow. He managed to kill at least four men before being brought down. | |
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Malicious Slander | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_f8c8175a | comment |
Malicious Slander: As Ichabod's investigation into the Horseman murders begins to bear fruit, Reverend Steenwyck also starts to act more hostile towards him, badmouthing Ichabod in front of the other townspeople and trying to pin the Horseman's crimes onto him somehow (despite the obvious lack of evidence) in hopes of rallying enough support to get the inspector banished from Sleepy Hollow. Steenwyck knows he's full of crap, of course, because he actually wants to stop Crane from unmasking the true culprit behind the murders and the one who's actually pulling the Horseman's strings: Lady Van Tassel, whom Steenwyck also happens to support and is in an adulterous relationship with. | |
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Faking the Dead | |
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Faking the Dead: Lady Van Tassel fakes having died of decapitation by the Horseman, by killing an unfortunate maid and substituting the headless body of that girl for that of her own corpse. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: Young Masbath's father, Jonathan, is the fifth victim. He readily joins Ichabod in trying to find out who's causing the deaths and helps to thwart Lady Van Tassel and thus avenge his father's murder. | |
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Non-Malicious Monster | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_fd1b902c | comment |
Non-Malicious Monster: The Horseman. He only kills when Lady Van Tassel orders him to. All he wants is to have his head back and finally rest in peace. | |
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Evil-Detecting Dog | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ff6ae1f6 | comment |
Evil-Detecting Dog: Animals tend to flee whenever the Horseman shows up, such as sheep and in the case of Jonathan Masbeth, a herd of deer. | |
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Adaptation Inspiration | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ff74ef12 | comment |
Adaptation Inspiration: As one would expect of a collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, this is quite the quirky tale. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) / int_ff7f34c5 | comment |
Pet the Dog: The Headless Horseman clearly adores his horse Daredevil. 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. | |
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