Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This movie is listed as horror, but it wasn't particularly scary. "The Hollow" has a very family-TV-movie feel to it. That being said, don't get me wrong here, because it is still an entertaining movie nonetheless.Without going too much into details about the storyline, then I assume that it is safe to say that you are already familiar with the story of Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman. In this 2004 version the story is set in modern day time with the descendants of Ichabod Crane having to stop the marauding horseman as he strikes terror upon their town."The Hollow" is the type of family horror movie you would watch with the family on Halloween for a wholesome family scare. Although there are some visuals that would be disturbing and unfit for small children.The acting in the movie was alright, and there is a number of familiar faces on the cast list; Kaley Cuoco, Stacy Keach, Nicholas Turturro, Eileen Brennan and Judge Reinhold.While "The Hollow" is an adequately entertaining movie, it wasn't outstanding in comparison to other movies based on the legend of the headless horseman.

Teenager Ian Cranston (a solid and likable performance by Kevin Zegers), who's the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, returns to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to defeat the legendary Headless Horseman (Ben Scott in a gnarly pumpkin-faced outfit) once and for all. Ian's perky girlfriend Karen (a sweet and appealing portrayal by the fetching Kaley Cuoco) helps him out. Director Kyle Newman, working from a fun and compact script by Hans Rodionoff, relates the entertaining story at a steady pace, creates and sustains a winningly spooky ooga-booga Halloweenish atmosphere, generates a good amount of tension for the thrilling climax, maintains an engagingly good-natured and innocuous tone throughout, and tosses in a few decent moments of mild gore for good measure. The sound acting from the capable cast gives the picture an extra lift: Stacy Keach has a delightfully hammy field day as grizzled eccentric cemetery caretaker Claus Van Ripper, Nick Carter makes for a suitably hateful jerk as mean jock bully Scott, Judge Reinhold has a nifty change-of-pace bad guy role as Ian's overbearing macho gym coach dad Carl, Nicholas Turturro does well as the skeptical Sheriff Duncan, and Eileen Brennan pops up in a juicy small part as cranky old bat Joan Van Etten. Scott Kevan's shadowy cinematography provides a cool autumnal look. Todd Haberman's spirited shuddery score hits the stirring spine-chilling spot. A neat little flick.

First off, any movie that has Judge Reinhold as a main character should be immediately pulled off the shelf. Secondly movies like this really shouldn't try and follow 2 story lines. The Headless Horseman, and a strained father, son dynamic? Why? What's the point? Terrible, Terrible movie. There is some decent eye candy as far as ladies, but they make the least attractive the main character, maybe in this cast Kaley Cuocco passed as the only one who could act? Stacey Keach as the drunken grave keeper was pretty funny, what with his tossing "ye" in there every once in a while. All in all, it seems like more and more horror movies have you rooting for the characters to die, instead of rooting for them to escape. Someone needs to realize that having characters that are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard doesn't make for a very riveting, tension filled, horror movie

This is a horror movie you can gather the whole family together and watch. No Gore, no strong language (well, one strong word) and lots of thrills. Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) plays a very convincing tough guy/semi-bully and easily helps carry this film. Stacy Keech and Judge Reinhold? This is how you continue a slow career. I rented this on a hunch and was not disappointed! Stephen King says if you can't scare them, gross them out and this movie went for the scare and successful got it. I laughed, I cried, I grabbed my teddy bear and checked all the windows and doors.I won't say buy this since once you've seen it, you've seen it all but... RENT THIS MOVIE!!!