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Sleepy Hollow, a review by Dragonfire

Sleepy Hollow



Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.

My Thoughts

It has become a bit of a tradition for me to watch this one every year at Halloween since I picked up the DVD.  The movie has a wonderfully spooky atmosphere that works perfectly for the story.  The town just has a creepy, spooky look to it even when nothing related to the Horseman is happening.  The plot is interesting and entertaining, even after many repeat viewings.  There is a good amount of mystery and suspense to what is going on and several scary moments.  The violence is a bit extreme at times, but that works with what is going on.  Some of the violence is more exaggerated, and things do get rather gory at times.  The characters are interesting and the cast is perfect.  I love Johnny Depp in the part of Ichabod.  His performance does add some humor to what is going on, which helps to lighten the mood a bit.  IT always cracks me up when he freaks over the spider..though if I saw one that size in real life, I would out freak him with no effort.

I have a special graphic for this one.



I did post a review of this one on Epinions several years ago.

Sleepy Hollow

(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on November 1st, 2009)

A Better Place, a review by Jimmy

Title: A Better Place (1997)

Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Pereira
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h25
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Eion Bailey   
Robert DiPatri
Carmen Llywelyn
Joseph Cassese
Brian Lynch

Plot:
Barret Michaelson (Robert DiPatri) is having a bad first day at his new high school - he is badgered, ridiculed and nearly beaten up. He finds an unlikely ally in local loner Ryan Walker (Eion Bailey, ALMOST FAMOUS and FIGHT CLUB), an intelligent but misanthropic youth with a dark family past. A friendship quickly develops, but Barret begins to worry as Ryan's philosophical rantings turn increasingly violent. When Barret does the unthinkable and makes peace with the local teenagers Ryan so despises, Ryan loses all control and attempts to drag Barret down into his world of hatred and destruction--and Barret must find a way to escape...



(From F***** Up Teenagers Marathon on April 19th, 2009)

Doctor Who Marathon, a review by Tom

Doctor Who
Series 1.08 Father's Day
Writer: Paul Cornell (Writer)
Director: Joe Ahearne
Cast: Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler), Robert Barton (Registrar), Julia Joyce (Young Rose), Christopher Llewellyn (Stuart), Frank Rozelaar-Green (Sonny), Natalie Jones (Sarah), Eirlys Bellin (Bev), Rhian James (Suzie), Casey Dyer (Young Mickey)

This episode deals with what happens if the doctor (or in this case Rose) tries to change something in their personal history). I liked the scenes with Rose and her Dad. I didn't care so much about the creatures which appear to destroy them because of the changed history. It reminded me a little of the "The Langoliers" TV movie. Though the CGI is better than in that movie.




(From Doctor Who Marathon on February 8th, 2014)