Bing Crosby narrates this Washington Irving classic about a schoolmaster, Ichabod Crone, who arrives at the peaceful village of Sleepy Hollow and encounters the headless horseman, in between courting Katirina Van Tassel.

Ichabod Crane (Depp), a New York detective, is called to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of gruesome murders - all the victims with their heads cut off. The locals believe it is the work of the legendary Headless Horseman, but Crane believes more in modern scientific method than in folklore. But the evidence he finds increasingly suggests no other possibility.
The first thing to note about this film is it looks wonderful. Tim Burton has always been a very visual director, and here he's been given room to really express himself. The production design is wonderfully moody, and really steals the scene. Depp also puts in a great performance as the slightly squeamish Crane, and in the process makes himself the goth movement's latest posterboy. 1999 was a year packed with great horror movies, but Sleepy Hollow still manages to stand out as one of the better ones.

Tim Burton's movies all have a touch of the macabre - think of early ones like Edward Scissorhands or Batman, or more recent films like Mars Attacks! - and here that touch is united with wonderfully spiky claymation and song.
Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, is the central figure for Halloweentown. One day he stumbles into Christmastown, in the middle of its holiday preparations, and decides he too wants to be part of a bigger, more important holiday. So he and his cohorts decide to kidnap the fearsome Sandy Claws and take over Christmas.
Many people still assume that animation is for children, but every once in a while this film gets darker than you would expect, and its manic visuals repay repeated viewing.
By the way, Tim Burton did not direct this movie, though he was the genesis for the project (including the story, look and feel) and producer. Reportedly, he first came up with the idea when he was an animator for Disney. Another piece of trivia: Jack is sung (though not voiced) by Danny Elfman, the ubiquitous soundtrack creator.
Alan Singh