CBB presents The Bear Cave of Terror - Ep. 5 - Sleepy Hollow

Autumn is just around the corner, and what's better than a gothic horror fantasy to put you in the mood? Steve is joined in the Bear Cave by bear extraordinaire Jon Runyan aka JonOn(Van)Demand) of A Comic Book Look and Comics by Night to chat about Tim Burton's 1999 turn-of-the-century classic, Sleepy Hollow. Referencing Hammer Studios classic horror, Mario Bava's Black Sunday, and even the Disney cartoon, Burton presents a late-18th century supernatural mystery with gorgeous costumes, a stellar cast, and more decapitations and bloody neck-stumps than you can shake an undead Hessian at! Johnny Depp as NYC constable Ichabod Crane, Christina Ricci as the ethereal beauty and love interest, and Christopher Walken as the Headless Horseman (when he has a head), plus a cast of full of Hammer veterans, a future Dumbledore, and blood so bright red it'd put the Horror of Dracula to shame!

Additional resources for this episode:

"Bring me the head of Tim Burton" by Emma Forrest, The Telegraph Magazine (UK), 12/11/99

"25 Years Ago, Sleepy Hollow gave us peak Tim Burton Aesthetic" by Matthew Jackson, Pastemagazine.com 11/18/24

"The true history behind 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'" by Richard Kiln, Westchestermagazine.com, 10/16/24

IMDB.com

youtube.com/@CostumeCo - "The Costumes of Sleepy Hollow"

Jon can be found on A Comic Book Look podcast on facebook.com/groups/171257686275482 and youtube.com/@acomicbooklook and the Comics By Night podcast at youtube.com/@comicsbynight