The Hollow (2004) (V)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Kyle Newman

Writer (WGA):

Hans Rodionoff (written by)

Release Date:

18 January 2006 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Some Legends Never Die.

Plot:

Ian Cranston, the great-great-grandson of Ichabod Crane, returns to Sleepy Hollow unaware of his significant lineage...

Plot Keywords:

Headless Horseman | Family Relationships | Halloween | Ghost

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kevin Zegers	...	Ian Cranston
Kaley Cuoco	...	Karen
Nick Carter	...	Brody
Ben Scott	...	The Headless Horseman
Stacy Keach	...	Claus Van Ripper
Judge Reinhold	...	Carl
Lisa Chess	...	Helen
Nicholas Turturro	...	Sheriff Duncan
Eileen Brennan	...	Joan Van Etten
Joseph Mazzello	...	Scott
Shelley Bennett	...	Erica
Melissa Schuman	...	Amber
Zen Gesner	...	Marcus
Natalia Nogulich	...	Nancy Worthen (as Natalija Nogulich)
Blake Shields	...	Rob

MPAA:

Rated R for some scary images and sexuality.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Agoura Hills, California, USA

Company:

Platform Entertainment

Trivia:

Director Kyle Newman joined the production four days into shooting.

Quotes:

[Brody leads Scott and Amber to the graveyard for a good scare]
Amber: What's the big deal with all this anyway?
Brody: The big deal is that you, Karen, and everybody else around here take the legacy of this town for granted. You act like it's just another place on the map.
Amber: You're drunk.
[Brody comes over and grabs Amber, painfully, by the arm]
Brody: [to Amber's face] But it's not just another place on the map. This is the birthplace of the most famous ghost story there ever was.
Amber: You're hurting me!
Brody: This should be the end-all, be-all of Halloween. And what have we got to show for it? A junior boy storyteller and a hokey haunted hayride.
Amber: [to Scott] Scott, could you please get this gorilla off me?
[Scott finally steps up]
[...]

Soundtrack:

Blow Your Mind

Good Family TV Entertainment

The Hollow, as a modern take of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, has many parallels to the original story-many more than say, the version with Johnny Depp. This version will NOT be satisfactory to audiences who prefer slash and gore to horrify them, or that require high cost special effects. The young cast does an adequate job--honestly better than the older, veteran actors. Kaley Cuoco and Kevin Zegers are refreshing, and almost unbearably cute. Nick Carter is surprising in his first movie role. To quote Washington Irving, "full of fun and arrogance, more mischief than illwill" his Brody is at once menacing, arrogant and mesmerizing. He commands the screen. The sole veteran actor who makes steals the scene from the youngsters is Stacey Keach as Claus--we must see more of him. All in all, this is not a movie that would do well at theaters OR impress late teens, but it IS good TV family entertainment for Halloween.