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It's probably an exceptionally morbid example of Rule of Funny, though (he is, after all, doing an autopsy on someone whose cause of death is quite obvious). Not only would a long-dead corpse have no blood pressure, but a headless one wouldn't really even have any more blood.

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Artistic License Biology: Ichabod is sprayed in the face with blood when he cuts into a decapitated cadaver.When the head is returned, he happily goes into the afterlife. He's only killing because Lady Van Tassel is summoning him from the grave and making him do her bidding. Anti-Villain: The Horseman technically.Lady Van Tassel uses an axe to kill her sister and her maid.The Hessian/Horseman uses an axe as a secondary weapon.

An Arm and a Leg: The Hessian cuts off an American soldier's arm during his Last Stand.

Was the Horseman prevented from entering the church due to it being hallowed ground or Katrina's protection spell?

Ambiguous Situation: The church scene.

Aluminum Christmas Trees: You might think that Katrina having a book of spells and practicing white magic might be a fanciful historical liberty taken by the filmmakers, especially given the Christian prohibition against witches, however, folk charms and healing, often done within a Protestant Christian context, were not unheard of in rural communities.

That is until Magistrate Phillipse is decapitated right in front of him.

Agent Scully: Ichabod is originally unconvinced of the supernatural elements surrounding the murders.

He has one scene, which amusingly takes place before the credits.

Advertised Extra: Christopher Lee gets top billing in the opening credits.

Adaptation Title Change: The title is shortened from the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Adaptation Inspiration: As one would expect of a collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, this is quite the quirky tale.

Brom, originally Ichabod's love rival in the story (who is also implied to be dressing up as the Headless Horseman), becomes Crane's ally (albeit temporarily) and perishes in single combat against the Horseman.

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Adaptation Expansion: This movie gives the original short story more characterization and a more involved plot.Adaptational Job Change: Ichabod is now a police constable instead of a schoolteacher.Brom, while still a bit of a jerk and a bully, also proves dedicated and courageous in his defense of the town from the Horseman in this version.Burton's version, even if quite foppish, is a Cowardly Lion and a determined man of the law. The original story's Ichabod was a full-blown Dirty Coward who happens to be a Gold Digger and, while his final fate is left pretty ambiguous, it's harder to dispute that he didn't deserve it.

She's also able to control two panicked horses to outrun the Horseman when he's after her.

Katrina becomes a white witch powerful enough to cast spells that protect those she loves.

He still starts out terrified of the Horseman (when he realizes it's a real ghost) and of spiders, however.

Ichabod himself becomes much braver and more heroic than the cowardly twerp he was in the original story as a constable who is determined to get at the heart of a very grisly murder mystery.