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In a genre that is comprised of very different types of films, Horror seems to please the average movie-goer with its ability to both make you laugh and make you scream. Whether it’s watching a good B-horror film like The Evil Dead, or watching a Hollywood bone-chiller like The Haunting, Horror doesn’t seem to be losing its popularity in today’s culture. People love ghost stories, and probably always will. It seems that anyone may have soft spot for any film that reminds the viewer of those windy fall evenings with the tumbling leaves and wind running through the skeletal looking trees. Director Tim Burton, more than any Hollywood director, understands this atmosphere well. From such classics as Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Frankenweenie, Burton knows how to use classic gothic imagery to get his viewer’s to ‘feel’ the atmosphere. His best effort seems to be his recent retelling of the famous Washington Irving story, Sleepy Hollow. Irving’s version tells the story of a timid and eccentric schoolteacher who comes to face to face with a Headless Horseman on Halloween night. Burton’s version on the other-hand greatly elaborates on this ghostly tale. The school teach