Washington Irving's classic American folk tale gets the Hammer horror treatment in Burton's sweeping, suspenseful, Gothic remake. Burton's inspired adaptation pits the enduring mythological image of the Headless Horseman against the 'new world' figure of Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp), reinvented as a New York City sleuth who, in stark contrast, is all but imprisoned within the rational workings of his own (somewhat addled, sleep-prone) head.