I’m a Sleepy Hollow slut. In every approximation. If there’s a piece of literature connected in any way to the Irving classic, you know I’m in there like swimwear. It’s a story held near and dear to many horror fans hearts, and some can say one of the first forays into the genre itself (it’s the Wishbone episode for me.) I’ve got no problem with re-imaginations of classics. Do it more, I say. Challenge some old dead white guy’s story. Make it something bigger. Make it GAY-er (everything’s got like a base gay level get over it.) I think Henry got a lot of things right with “Horseman.” Vivid and unique imagery, enough connection with the original story to make it fun, and a few characters we want to believe in.

Not sure if this was supposed to be a bigger allegory on trans issues or gender politics but when you bite off more than you can chew with that kind of context it becomes disingenuous and cheap. There was too much repetition for that part of the plot to not come off as hokey. Creating diversity in horror is integral, there is no doubt about that. But the representation here felt odd.

2.5-3/5 Leaned more YA than I imagined this would go, based on the recommendations, but glad I picked it up anyways.