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Tim Burton’s 10 Best Movie Adaptations

Tim Burton, cinema’s so-called Master of the Macabre, is most known for his unique cinematic style and quirky, gothic creations – think Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands. Most of his oeuvre, however, is made up of adaptations of pre-existing works, ranging from books to comics to old soap operas.
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Published: Oct 2, 2016 01:16 pm

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3) Sleepy Hollow

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Despite his gothic sensibilities, Tim Burton doesn’t really do proper full-on horror films. Except, that is, 1998’s Sleepy Hollow, an adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic ghost story.

When we say horror, this isn’t a modern slasher, but rather a pitch-perfect throwback to the bygone age of Hammer horror, complete with a small country village stalked by a creature of the night and buckets of technicolour red blood. Burton’s cinematography is at its most gorgeous here (you’ll never see such beautiful beheadings again) and the, well, sleepy autumnal town of Sleepy Hollow makes for a terrific setting.

Depp is great value here, too, as a forward-thinking, if cowardly, detective while Christopher Walken as the Headless Horseman makes for a chilling monster. Overall, this is an often underrated effort from the director.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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