The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)

Radar 33Slightly unusualUS:NR1h 44mHorror · Comedy · TV Movie

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.

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Content check

✗ Not for kidsNo age rating on record · US NR
Scary / frightening

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Radar score33/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating6.8
Votes counted16
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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