This page lists works adapting or inspired by the early 19th century short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" about a man named Ichabod Crane who arrives in the town of Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, and gets confronted to a local folk tale about a Headless Horseman prowling around the town, who may or may not exist.
Original work:
- "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), a short story written by Washington Irving.
Adaptations and derivative works:
Films — Animation- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), a Disney Animated Canon Anthology Film that adapts the story in its second half.
Films — Live-Action
- The Headless Horseman (1922), a silent film
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980), a Made-for-TV Movie starring Jeff Goldblum.
- Sleepy Hollow (1999), an unabashedly supernatural and loose adaptation by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999), a Hallmark Hall of Fame Made-for-TV Movie.
- Sleepy Hollow High (2000), a Direct to Video teen slasher film.
- The Hollow (2004), a teen horror film centered around a descendant of Ichabod Crane.
- Headless Horseman (2007)
Literature
- The Fifth Horseman: A Sleepy Hollow Legend (1999), a novel by Gregg Gonzalez.
Live-Action TV
- The Tale of the Midnight Ride (1994), an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? serving as a sequel to the original story.
- Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars (1997), an episode of Wishbone.
- Sleepy Hollow (2013-2017), a television series.
Video Games
Web Videos
- Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story (2022), a modern adaptation where Ichabod and the Horseman are roommates.
Western Animation
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1985), the first episode of Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1988), as part of Rabbit Ears Productions' "Storybook Classics" series.
- The Night Of The Headless Horseman (1999)
- The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow (2003)
- The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)