Such a frustrating disappointment

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

You can't watch this movie with any seriousness because it's not supposed to be. It's really bad but that's what makes it so good, and if you're looking for a good drinking movie this is a great choice. The acting is over the top but again, you can't take this movie seriously. It's the kind of movie you can talk though and have fun with friends because it doesn't require any real need to pay close attention so it's great for parties.

Having been told of his family legacy, a young teen descendant of Ichabod Crane learns the legend of the Headless Horseman is true and out hunting the townspeople's Halloween celebrations forcing him to stop the legendary killer.Overall this was quite a decent enough slasher. One of the better elements in this one is the rather smart story here that's much better than expected here, managing to tie up some rather intriguing storyline within the legend and making it seem realistic here that the events of the legend really happened here which forces this one into some rather intriguing scenes here. There's a lot of fun here in the opening with the telling of the story setting up the cemetery joke as well as the resulting encounter with the killer out near the shark setting up the story nicely, and the early tormenting really bring this along nicely as there's plenty to like here in this section. That in turn allows the second half to focus on a nearly non-stop series of stalking scenes beginning with the hayride sequence where the real horseman appears alongside the play one leading to some absolutely chilling scenes here going through the graveyard from the horse-bound killer whole trying to protect his girlfriend at the same time. The finale itself is another big plus with the final retelling of the prophecy come true as the big house confrontation to set that up comes off rather well, but this leads into the first of the big problems here. The low-budget nature of this one here is patently obvious throughout which is the single most damaging one here, rendering the supposedly scary being into a cheap, flimsy mask that does little better than the play-version of the killer, the kills are all off-screen due to a lack of showing off the body aftermath and a seriously short running time that keeps this one based around only a few scenes here as there's barely any room in the lot to really stretch out proceeds here which causes this to feel rushed along at the majority of the big encounters while dragging out the other scenes since there's little time to do that with the budget it is. The other big flaw here for this one is the series of constantly irritating jokes throughout here which tends to wear thin here showing off nothing but their treatment of him as an outsider in town, which isn't all that impressive and simply gets boring. After these, there's not a whole lot really wrong here.Rated R: Violence, Language and Brief Nudity.

Teenager Ian Cranston (a solid and likable performance by Kevin Zegers), who's the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, returns to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to defeat the legendary Headless Horseman (Ben Scott in a gnarly pumpkin-faced outfit) once and for all. Ian's perky girlfriend Karen (a sweet and appealing portrayal by the fetching Kaley Cuoco) helps him out. Director Kyle Newman, working from a fun and compact script by Hans Rodionoff, relates the entertaining story at a steady pace, creates and sustains a winningly spooky ooga-booga Halloweenish atmosphere, generates a good amount of tension for the thrilling climax, maintains an engagingly good-natured and innocuous tone throughout, and tosses in a few decent moments of mild gore for good measure. The sound acting from the capable cast gives the picture an extra lift: Stacy Keach has a delightfully hammy field day as grizzled eccentric cemetery caretaker Claus Van Ripper, Nick Carter makes for a suitably hateful jerk as mean jock bully Scott, Judge Reinhold has a nifty change-of-pace bad guy role as Ian's overbearing macho gym coach dad Carl, Nicholas Turturro does well as the skeptical Sheriff Duncan, and Eileen Brennan pops up in a juicy small part as cranky old bat Joan Van Etten. Scott Kevan's shadowy cinematography provides a cool autumnal look. Todd Haberman's spirited shuddery score hits the stirring spine-chilling spot. A neat little flick.

The Hollow is another retelling of the famous horror story of the headless horseman. The film stars Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, and Nick Carter (who is the worst in this film). The story needed lots of work with its dialogue and plot. The film revolves around the descendant of Ichabod Crane who has resurrected the headless horsemen. The movie has cheap effects and some very stupid acting from some of its cast, including Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. The film also has a very unnecessary sex scene that is just hilarious. With the way the movie is, it should have just been on nickelodeon. Just cut out the sex scene and the cheesy gore. It reminded me of one of those Are You Afraid of the Dark shows they had on nickelodeon years ago. This movie was fun to watch but it is not good. The only thing I really enjoyed in this film was the opening title sequence with the mood and music it established. Other than that, the movie was bad, but you can still have fun with a horror film even though you know its bad.