I would not catergorise "Sleepy Hollow" as a horror thriller, in fact, I would add comedy to its genre. It is simply excellent, superb, out-of-this-world…ok, ok, I better stop before somebody gives me a slap. It is creepy and eerily disturbing with wonderful foreboding cinematography, great visuals and dark humor.

Set in 1799, the talented Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, a New York City inspector who is sent to find out about the murders in the remote village of Sleepy Hollow, and the Headless Horseman. A man ahead of his time, Crane takes such a sound scientific approach to the crimes that he would make a 20th century forensic scientist proud. Using gadgets of his own invention, he researches the crime scenes and the bodies. Though he carries out his autopsies and experiments with a practical head, he is certainly most afraid of the unknown, much to our amusement. Johnny Depp is well cast in this role and carries it superbly.

Cast opposite Depp as his love interest is Christina Ricci as Katrina van Tassel. Though Ricci is a talent to look out for, I find that there is no chemistry or spark between her and Depp. The scrip does not offer her an opportunity to shine forth, and I find her character so 'stiff'. Well yes, she's supposed to play an cool maiden, but somehow, it just doesn't ring true.

It is still an excellent and enjoyable movie! Highly recommended, and don't bother buying it from your local corner CD stall (read: pirate CDs), it does not do justice to the excellent cinematography, amongst others.