Ol’ Beetleboy offers his services to the recently-deceased Maitlands ( Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), who find their home is now occupied by the Deetzes - Charles ( Jeffrey Jones), Delia ( Catherine O’Hara), and goth icon Lydia ( Winona Ryder). The team’s great collab is 1988’s Beetlejuice which sees Keaton transform into the thoroughly odious yet very charming (and possibly bangable?) “bio-exorcist” Betelgeuse. It can’t be Halloween without this version of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” - Drew Taylorīefore he had Johnny Depp, director Tim Burton’s go-to guy was - checks notes - stand-up-comedian-turned- serious-actor Michael Keaton. Bing Crosby is great as the crooning narrator (who also provides some voices) and the animation is absolutely superb.
And if you haven’t watched it in a while (and, really, you should – it’s on Disney+), it’s probably a lot more fun than you remember (although, admittedly, it takes a little while to get going). It’s a moment that has been recycled in countless Disney specials and one that was borrowed liberally for Tim Burton’s live-action version of the tale. All of the notes from the original story are hit, exceptionally well, too – Crane crossing a creaky bridge while the Headless Horseman, Jack o’ lantern ablaze, is truly terrifying stuff.
Adapted from the classic Washington Irving story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” follows hapless schoolteacher Ichabod Crane as he battles a potential supernatural evil in upstate New York. Toad contains some of the spookiest, most iconic imagery in Disney Animation and it’s still a total Halloween treat. But the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” section of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Technically only half of this svelte, 69-minute Disney package film will interest those celebrating Halloween.
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