The Headless Horseman (1934)

Directed by

Ub Iwerks

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short animated film based on the classic story of a schoolteacher who encounters a ghostly horseman in Sleepy Hollow. The cartoon uses early multi-plane animation to give the backgrounds more depth.

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What happens

The Headless Horseman is a 1934 animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and part of the ComiColor cartoon series. It is based on the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. The film was the first time Iwerks used the technique multiplane animation, his most prestigious invention. This allowed for a three-dimensional look, separating layers of the background. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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