Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)

In the haunted Dutch farming village of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, a lanky, superstitious Yankee schoolteacher, finds himself competing for the hand of the wealthy Katrina Van Tassel against the local hero, Brom Bones. More interested in ghost stories than hard work, Ichabod's imagination runs wild with tales of the Headless Hessian who rides through the hollow on a thunderous night. What follows is a masterfully eerie tale that doubles as sharp satire: Irving lets us laugh at our own fear of the dark while delivering genuine chills. The ending remains deliciously ambiguous, what really chased Ichabod from that hollow? Was it phantom or man, supernatural vengeance or a rival's trick? Either way, Sleepy Hollow never lets go. This is where American Gothic was born: a story that American culture has been retelling, in film and folklore, ever since.