And if you haven’t watched it in a while (and, really, you should – it’s on Disney+), it’s probably a lot more fun than you remember (although, admittedly, it takes a little while to get going). It’s a moment that has been recycled in countless Disney specials and one that was borrowed liberally for Tim Burton’s live-action version of the tale. All of the notes from the original story are hit, exceptionally well, too – Crane crossing a creaky bridge while the Headless Horseman, Jack o’ lantern ablaze, is truly terrifying stuff. Adapted from the classic Washington Irving story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” follows hapless schoolteacher Ichabod Crane as he battles a potential supernatural evil in upstate New York. Toad contains some of the spookiest, most iconic imagery in Disney Animation and it’s still a total Halloween treat. But the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” section of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.
Technically only half of this svelte, 69-minute Disney package film will interest those celebrating Halloween.
