Headless Horseman

Ichabod Crane was to have had a problem with the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow.  But the locals from Wormwood Ridge say that it really happened in their town.

 

A van full of college kids need to get to a party.  They take a short cut through the woods, run over a bear trap, and get towed to Wormwood Ridge.  Once at Wormwood, they notice how the townsfolk are creepy.  Apparently, every seven years on Halloween, ole Headless comes out of his tar pit from hell to collect heads from any strangers who are not part of the town.  How they lure in strangers into this town is another trick.  I guess people come to see the midget.

 

Predictably, one by one, most the kids have their noggins removed from their bodies.  The first one is a COOL DEATH SCENE ALERT: decapitation occurs when a college kid pokes his head out of a car trunk and Headless jumps on the trunk.  Another COOL DEATH SCENE ALERT happens when a girl gets hit in the head and falls backwards into a bear trap.  There are several scenes like this and one where the tow truck girl runs over her father.  There should have been more scenes like this in the movie.  Maybe some more scenes with the midget too.

 

The gore could have been a little more over the top, but overall, worth seeing.  Add in some gratuitous nudity and you have an instant classic.

 

I give this movie 3 out of 5 mace wielding, headless horsemen.