According to his efficiency and intelligence in solving the mysterious crimes, Ichabod Crane, a successful detective, has been sent to Sleepy Hallow, where he has to solve the mysterious murder of noble men in the woods, so he struggles against finding out the killer, who later finds out that the killer is a headless horse man.
There are lots of slasher movies better than this.
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine/Vulture
August 07, 2004
Burton, for all his skill, never ranges beyond the thrills of the obvious; he doesn't enlarge the meaning of the horror he shows us, the way a Brian De Palma might.
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
October 21, 2007
The quirks of this Sleepy Hollow prevent it from ever being truly scary, but what they do make it is a quintessentially Burton film.
Even when the narrative stalls from too many detours and decapitations, Sleepy Hollow is gorgeous filmmaking that brims over with fun-house thrills and ravishing romance.
Janet Maslin
New York Times
January 01, 2000
History will recognize the rich imagination and secret tenderness of Burton's best films.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
May 26, 2006
[Burton's] vision of the ominous woods, the shadowy town, and its pale inhabitants give the film texture and bring it to life.
