A socially awkward, raven-haired "hero" gets ferried to a new place and finds themselves at the center of a murder-riddled mystery. To stop the carnage, said person – who happens to have a penchant for tailored, black outfits and jazzy white collars – sets out to find the elusive monster brutally offing the locals…
I'm talking about Tim Burton's brilliant gothic fantasy Sleepy Hollow, which was released 25 years ago today (November 19), but I could just as easily have been summing up the plot to the hit show Wednesday, in which the filmmaker directs multiple episodes. I was struck by the similarities between the two titles when I rewatched the 1999 movie recently, and now I'm wondering how the Headless Horseman could cameo in the second season of the aforementioned Netflix series.
