The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980) movie poster

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1980 ·1h 44m · ★ 6.8 (15)

A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.

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Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
0
Supernatural
20
Creature
0
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
67
Cerebral
0
Survival
33
ghost story

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

based on short storycolonial americaremakeschoolmastervengeful spirit

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