Forever waiting on a crazed graveyard keeper to find and harass me about being an integral part of a legendary ghost story where I have to fight a ghoulish, pumpkin (be)headed boogeyman with a grave-robbed civil war sword… 🎃

The headless horseman returns and it's up to the teen descendant of Ichabod Crane to stop him. The Hollow originally premiered on ABC Family and very much feels like it, especially thanks to the terrible leads including Kaley Cuoco and Nick Carter. The supporting cast is solid but they're all doing some of their worst work either by sleepwalking through their roles (Judge Reinhold, Nicholas Turturro) or doing whatever the hell it is Stacy Keach is doing here. The R-rated version adds in some brief sex and violence but can't change the cheap teen TV feel. However, I still enjoyed this as a Halloween movie thanks to its pumpkin-headed horseman, haunted hayride, decorations, costumes and trick-or-treating.

It’s giving TV movie of the week and because of that, a lot of the film felt neutered. It’s a lightweight supernatural slasher that’s missing actual violence. There’s maybe 1-2 “bloody” scenes but that’s it. 

The acting is also really bad. Not surprisingly, Nick Carter, is no actor. He tried insanely hard to be the tough jock, but this blaccent kept trying to come out and it was all kinds of wrong. Also, Stacy Keach was living his best Crazy Ralph fantasy and you know what? Good for him.

It’s not a complete bust though. There’s an ample amount of Halloween-ish atmosphere and at 77 minutes (before credits), it does zip by. The epitome of a one and done. 4/10.

What can I say? I love the Headless Horseman. This movie gets a big bump just for that. This is an October staple for me. It does a pretty great job of capturing the Halloween spirit. It's also cheap and kind of bad. But I just enjoy it anyway.

-- Daily Horror Hunt #16 (October 2019) Day 26. It's National Pumpkin Day - Watch something with a pumpkin on the poster.

-- It’s getting colder and I’m staying inside, watching horror movies in October (but I pretty much prefer to stay inside anyway) FEST 2019. Movie #9.

“But it’s not just another place on the map. This is the birthplace of the most famous ghost story there ever was.” 

No it’s not perfect by any means but as a fan of the headless horseman / sleepy hollow lore this movie is fun and campy as hell! I say get a few friends together drink some beers smoke a blunt and this will be a fun ride! 😈

A crazy-ralphed Stacy Keach keeps hounding a teenager over his ancestry to Ichabod Crane. The high schooler can't be bothered since it's Halloween and there's a hayride to host and girl to swoon. But maybe the coot's right when a headless horseman too happy to behead storms the trail.

Homogenization perfect for tween consumption. Mostly Kevin Yegers, Kaley Cuoco, and Nick Carter living that oh-so-heavy teen life until the flaming pumpkin slices its way to the descendant in the third act. Stamped with an R, slight omissions and this is airing on Nickelodeon. Maybe more if subtracting queasy innuendo between adults and youngsters. Despite its disc climbing in price on eBay, those nostalgic might be better off leaving the memory alone. Watched via First Look's DVD.

Kaley Cuoco is lucky for scoring her gig on The Big Bang Theory, because otherwise she would just be another pretty face among these nobodies who kind of look like actual celebrities in this C-tier Sleepy Hollow slasher. Those include Not-Zac Effron, Not-Sarah Michelle Geller, and a Washed-Up Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. Unsurprisingly, Stacy Keach steals the show.