Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Directed by Tim Burton
← Inspired by 1 films

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

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Films that influenced Sleepy Hollow

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  1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
    "Burton's Sleepy Hollow's sleepy-village-as-nightmare visual register descends from Caligari's painted Expressionist worldbuilding." source

Sleepy Hollow (1999), directed by Tim Burton, was inspired by 1 earlier film — including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Check out the citations below.