Yeah I was on the edge of my seat throughout this scene waiting for the horseman to appear. His reveal was awesome and the chase was more funny than anything.
The atmosphere in this entire scene is just incredible. The fact that they managed to create such a tense feeling of dread in a children’s film of all things shows that Disney wanted to make a film not just for children but for children of all ages that wanted to get a bit of a scare. The bleak hollow setting, the creatures saying things like “Turn back, Ichabod”, the incredible music cues, and of course, Ichabod’s growing anxiety just increase the terror. They really don’t make stuff like this any more. I can’t help but watch this short every October to get me in the mood for Halloween.
Agreed! This scene is I think even scarier than the Headless Horseman! With this kind of setting, I can imagine something worse coming out to attack Ichabod. The quiet yet moody silence with the eerie lighting and sounds in the forest is terrifying enough on its own. LOL
@mariodobrev3105 I can't say that I blame him. I've been camping out in the woods a few winters ago, and there was always somebody among us who let their imaginations run wild and freak them out by what they thought they saw, because they couldn't take the pressure.
I used to feel exactly like Ichabod does at this part when I worked at my previous job when I rode my bike home past a golf course at night. It was scary no matter whether there was a moon or not
@@stevensampson5823 Well when Ichabod rides through the forest it is quiet and the wind and his whistling is rather eerie and it slowly gets scarier as it goes on and when the tension is already built up we are already expecting the headless horseman
The atmosphere alone and the sequence of "Turn back Incabod", "Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman..." "Here he comes!!" "BEWARE!!!" still never fails to terrify me to this day.
The buildup before the headless horseman was fantastic. You had that sense of dread, as well the funny things that were happening with Ichabod and that horse.
Easily my favorite animated build up for a scare. The color palette, sound design & imagery (like the cloud hand closing around the moon & the cattails thumping on the hollow log) work so incredibly well together to build such an iconic scene. High tier work at Disney.
Mine too, in October I have a routine where I have to start my morning with a Halloween movie (no matter how many times I've seen it) with pumpkin coffee and this one is on the list. When I watch this on Disney plus I fast forward Mr toad to get to sleepy hollow
Ever since I was little I was in love with this short film, I always wished for it to be longer. I remember I would miss classes whenever this would be on Disney channel early in the morning. My mom knew I wouldn't go to school so she'd say nothing and leave me to see it😅
@@eugenia6356 Well we'll never know - where they trying to warn him or was it all in his head? Guess it all comes down to what you believe - that's how the story ends, with what people choose to believe
I’ve tried to pin down specifically WHAT makes this scene so freaking tense and scary and I think it’s two things: 1) how Ichabod and his horse are WAY TOO FRICKIN SLOW while being chased by the horseman. They waste so much time tripping over themselves and falling backwards and stumbling around that it almost reminds me of when you’re in a dream trying to run away from something but it’s like trying to run through water 2) the way it takes a long time for the horseman to actually show up. Not only does it make it startling when he finally does show up, it means HE WAS IN THERE THE WHOLE TIME. He probably watched them for a while before jumping out like that
So after rewatching this scene I can actually relate when he is hiding under the saddle, I have had a very similar experience during a panic attack, I feel they capture what pure terror and panic looks like perfectly here. This scene surprisingly still holds up and creeps me out and makes me uneasy, especially with the lighting and visuals.
I'm literally 22 fucking years old, and even after years of not watching this scene can literally still picture this scene, frame by frame, and hear the animals warnings to Ichabod ringing in my ears when I'm home alone, still makes me paranoid as all hell. LOL And forget about when I'm walking home late at midnight from work, nearly almost roundhouse kicked a guy coming out of his alley way to throw out his trash cause he popped out of nowhere. LMAO I forever blame this amazing yet terrifying movie for instilling perpetual paranoia in me when I'm alone, even in my adult years. 😂😂😂😂
AishaVonFossen not to mention the crickets at 2:17 cricketing Ichabod and the Toad/Frog croaking Headless Horseman And Uh-Oh a Little afterwards at 2:31, as well as the crow crowing BEWARE! at 3:14 sets up for a great atmosphere, especially how it is plays and terrifies Ichabod both mentally and emotionally.
I dare you to watch this at night with the lights off. I triple dog dare you. Plus if I was him, I’d have slept outside that place with the horse tied to a tree and waited for morning.
It could’ve been more scarier than this like it could have some thunder, some very scary faces on trees and some glowing red eyes in the darkness. That would be more terrifying for poor Ichabod before he gets chased by the Headless Horseman.
Ichabod did try to find his way home on Halloween night but then he did hear some scary noises in the woods and then he got chased by the Headless Horseman when he got to the church bridge. It’s one amazing ghost story that took place where I went to and that is SLEEPY HOLLOW!!!!! 🎃🗡🐎😱
I’ve wondered that too, but his horse looks a little smaller than the Horseman’s. Not to mention ghosts would most likely be more able to ride a horse bareback without falling off
@@shanerose7204 But then again Brom Bones is the best horse-rider for miles around. Then again that's what keeps the story interesting, was it just a prank that scared him off - remember the reports that he was alive living somewhere else - or was he actually spirited away. The people who lived in Sleepy Hollow heard that he'd settled down in another town far away and a few people were suspicious of Brom from his behaviour, but they choose to listen to the old wives and the stories they tell and basically turned Ichabod Crane into another local story.
I don't think so. The horseman was actually trying to behead Ichabod. If he hadn't ducked, he would have lost his head EVERY swing. Brom Bones is more of a bully/prankster than anything.
Strangely enough,the swirling clouds surrounding a full moon can really happen and can scare anyone easily especially if the night is dead quiet and said person has an over active imagination
In the UK I had this on VHS and it was rated as 'U' (universally suitable for all). I loved this as a kid, watched it a lot - but this should be PG rated at least! The horseman scene and general creepiness of this short could have terrified and traumatised many children. No hating coz I loved this.
1:07 is literally the most terrifying image I've ever seen from Disney movie. Imagine walking alone at night only to look up at the sky to see that shit!
Nothing in my whole life has ever scared me like this.... I'm 30. Now and I cry tears of sentiment. Wow!!!! Nothing like things the way they were. I grew up in the wrong time. Still sooo scary. Whenever I'm horseback riding how can I not think about this!!!!!!
I refuse to believe that is a real ghost. Besides, my point is that earlier he was able to outrun a horse on his own two feet, so why not here?@@princenoah21
If this was a full feature movie with 60 minutes or a little more, this would have been the scariest animated movies of all time. Just the build up, atmosphere and the revealing alone, makes the ending so terrifying
I would love to own this movie and add it to my video tape collection Disney needs to put it out on DVD so people that grew up on it could watch it again and all those other ones that they have a video tape that you can't get re release date on DVD as well
It couldn't have been brom coz in the song he says he met the horseman a year ago so who's or what's chasing Ichabod I bet it was one of the townsfolk dressed as the horseman
Does anybody know the name of the peppy song that the little orchestra plays when Ichabod is dancing with the chubby lady at the Halloween party? It's an old colonial dance tune and that's all that I know. Thanks
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The stuff of childhood nightmares. A masterpiece of suspense to be sure. Revisiting it all these years later, still retains its old charm.
I think when nature itself is telling you to turn back, you turn back for your own safety.
The buildup to the Headless Horseman making his appearance is scarier than the appearance itself.
Can't agree more! I always laugh my ass off on the headless horseman scene because ichaboad and his horse is really funny lol
No shit!
Absolutely! This scene always gave me nightmares as a kid! Still one of the scariest film scenes I remember from my childhood. LOL
Yeah I was on the edge of my seat throughout this scene waiting for the horseman to appear. His reveal was awesome and the chase was more funny than anything.
No man, the appearance is scary as hell, that laugh!
I still believe to this day that this is the most well done scene in animation.
I wouldn't go that far, but it is highly underrated.
The most underrated Disney Movie
Oh heck yeah!
Right😭🥺even the best , I remember watching this as a kid a lot
It was the best movie ever !!!! My Childhood right there
The atmosphere in this entire scene is just incredible. The fact that they managed to create such a tense feeling of dread in a children’s film of all things shows that Disney wanted to make a film not just for children but for children of all ages that wanted to get a bit of a scare. The bleak hollow setting, the creatures saying things like “Turn back, Ichabod”, the incredible music cues, and of course, Ichabod’s growing anxiety just increase the terror. They really don’t make stuff like this any more. I can’t help but watch this short every October to get me in the mood for Halloween.
I love it I've always loved these old Disney terrors Mr toad and night on bald mountain it used to be so awesome
In 1949, no less.
Agreed! This scene is I think even scarier than the Headless Horseman! With this kind of setting, I can imagine something worse coming out to attack Ichabod. The quiet yet moody silence with the eerie lighting and sounds in the forest is terrifying enough on its own. LOL
Same here, every year :)
Even in my american latin culture the Halloween arrived and the feeling is the same. Each october I see these old productions to feel again.
I miss this kind of Disney that wasn't afraid to be dark and spooky.
Me too,I love when Disney is Dark 🖤
The hands holding the moon....chills....
That's a hand shaped cloud and Ichabod saw it like this, because of his fear of the Headless Horseman.
@mariodobrev3105 I can't say that I blame him. I've been camping out in the woods a few winters ago, and there was always somebody among us who let their imaginations run wild and freak them out by what they thought they saw, because they couldn't take the pressure.
Akward moment when your horse is more calmer than you are while riding home. Probably because he knows what the sounds are but still.
Yeah, he didn’t have the town bully tell a scary story just before he left.
I think those noises are warnings, telling everyone to cross the bridge as fast as he can before the Headless Horseman to rise up.
I used to feel exactly like Ichabod does at this part when I worked at my previous job when I rode my bike home past a golf course at night. It was scary no matter whether there was a moon or not
Scariest part of the movie!
I thought the headless horseman was the scariest part of the movie.
@@stevensampson5823No the buildup is way scarier fr
@@7Dusty4Rusty1 How?
@@stevensampson5823 Well when Ichabod rides through the forest it is quiet and the wind and his whistling is rather eerie and it slowly gets scarier as it goes on and when the tension is already built up we are already expecting the headless horseman
The atmosphere alone and the sequence of "Turn back Incabod", "Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman..." "Here he comes!!" "BEWARE!!!" still never fails to terrify me to this day.
dont forget the crickets chirping "hit the bridge"
Absolutely!
Now I understand those words, thank you
@@jr.a8301 I always thought the crickets were saying: "that's right, be afraid. That's right, be afraid. That's right, be afraid."
@@Lucasfan375 i thought so,too. but its "hit the bridge"
The buildup before the headless horseman was fantastic. You had that sense of dread, as well the funny things that were happening with Ichabod and that horse.
Useless nag of a horse at that.
That build up still haunts me during nighttime hours close to Halloween night...
This part is great. I like scary movies and this scene along with the headless horseman is pretty cool.
Easily my favorite animated build up for a scare. The color palette, sound design & imagery (like the cloud hand closing around the moon & the cattails thumping on the hollow log) work so incredibly well together to build such an iconic scene. High tier work at Disney.
3:14 The Raven, I think it’s crowing sounds.... BEWARE!
It is indeed!
I could hear the toad where it sounded like it was croaking Ichabod’s name
@@eaglesfan226 Hard to tell, it was crickets making the noise. As for the name mentioning “Headless Horseman”, it was a frog.
It’s my Halloween tradition to watch this. I love this movie!
Mine too, in October I have a routine where I have to start my morning with a Halloween movie (no matter how many times I've seen it) with pumpkin coffee and this one is on the list. When I watch this on Disney plus I fast forward Mr toad to get to sleepy hollow
Yup this is without a doubt one of the scariest Disney films ever seen in a long time and a very classic one
I can't tell you how overjoyed I was when I first saw Johnny Depp's Sleepy Hollow and heard the frogs croak "Headless Horseman."
Who watches this movie especially during October?
Me I do it every year
I do.
Me
Disney Headless Horseman would be a perfect Disney villain as a boss in Kingdom Hearts
Ever since I was little I was in love with this short film, I always wished for it to be longer. I remember I would miss classes whenever this would be on Disney channel early in the morning. My mom knew I wouldn't go to school so she'd say nothing and leave me to see it😅
At 2:53, that tree is nightmare fuel.
Just clicked to the time stamp, went OH MY GOD! Still recovering from the sudden hot flash of shock in my face. LOL
When I was a kid, I thought it was a horned demon and was a little closer than that, and had realistic clawed hands.
Say what you will about Walt Disney because most of it's probably going to be true, but you can't deny, he knew how to make a good film.....
Yep. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Jungle Book while he was alive to name but four. RIP Walt Disney.
Scary when the raven warns, "Here he comes!" "Beware!" and "Look out!" And when the frog tells him "Headless Horseman" and "Uh-oh"
Jessenia Morazan The frog says: “Ichabod . . . Ichabod . . . ”
@@O.C.Leibovici the frog also says "uh oh"
And the crickets were saying, “Ichabod, turn back.” They we’re all trying to warn him.
@@eugenia6356 Well we'll never know - where they trying to warn him or was it all in his head? Guess it all comes down to what you believe - that's how the story ends, with what people choose to believe
I heard an Owl shouting "TURN BACK!!! TURN BACK!!!" at Ichabod.
3:15 I love, CAW BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE
As I kid I never realized the animals were warning Ichabod! I can hear it now, and it makes this scene so terrifying!
0:56 the echoing whistle scared me and creeped me out and 3:28 when I thought the horseman was coming I panicked and got more scared
even this version of icabod looks like jeff goldblum lol
Who's here in October 2019
Me
And just think..all of this could have been avoided if icabod asked the van tassels if he could stay the night..
Fun fact: Ichabod's scream was made by Pinto Colvig
I want hin as my yoga coach
I can’t deny when I was younger this pretty scary part 😂😂😂
Right😭I’d be shitting myself as a kid when I watched this, old memories🥺😥I miss being a kid sometimes
Same the nostalgia 😂😂
Since it's October the Halloween season perfect time to be watching my favorite Halloween cartoon horror tale
Suppose it’s just me gentle heart, but I feel bad seeing Ichabod so scared
I admit me too , but i feel bad more for Gunpowder the horse
For some reason I was really scared of the owl when I was a kid.
Well at first glance who wouldn't 🙁.
OMG thank you! I'm not the only one who got nightmares from that owl! For me it's the eyes. LOL
It's the frog and grasshoppers for me
This shit scared me so much as a kid. We watched it every Halloween lmao
It's just like the horror forest scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs !
This is timeless!!!
love the building dread.
I would be terrified too if I had to go through a creepy dark woods like that by myself at night.
I’ve tried to pin down specifically WHAT makes this scene so freaking tense and scary and I think it’s two things:
1) how Ichabod and his horse are WAY TOO FRICKIN SLOW while being chased by the horseman. They waste so much time tripping over themselves and falling backwards and stumbling around that it almost reminds me of when you’re in a dream trying to run away from something but it’s like trying to run through water
2) the way it takes a long time for the horseman to actually show up. Not only does it make it startling when he finally does show up, it means HE WAS IN THERE THE WHOLE TIME. He probably watched them for a while before jumping out like that
So after rewatching this scene I can actually relate when he is hiding under the saddle, I have had a very similar experience during a panic attack, I feel they capture what pure terror and panic looks like perfectly here. This scene surprisingly still holds up and creeps me out and makes me uneasy, especially with the lighting and visuals.
First time I saw this cartoon was in 1967 at my elementary school 😂 4th grade
The sounds and Noises were creepy as hell
Yeah,I don't know why but I love creepy noises
They were creepy as hell
Always remembered the corn dog drums
Nah they were cattails
Still scares me to this day
A scene was frightfully Scary and when I watched this scene for Homeschool, it was scary and Erie.
what made this so scary? almost no music until the horseman shows up.
also 2:20 "it's a fright, that's right."
I think those crickets were saying turn back Ichabod
that scream 😂😂😂 i cant stop laughing
I'm literally 22 fucking years old, and even after years of not watching this scene can literally still picture this scene, frame by frame, and hear the animals warnings to Ichabod ringing in my ears when I'm home alone, still makes me paranoid as all hell. LOL And forget about when I'm walking home late at midnight from work, nearly almost roundhouse kicked a guy coming out of his alley way to throw out his trash cause he popped out of nowhere. LMAO I forever blame this amazing yet terrifying movie for instilling perpetual paranoia in me when I'm alone, even in my adult years. 😂😂😂😂
I'm 38. This scene still fucking scares me 😂
Dang Ichabod's paranoia has got the best of him that's why he could hear scary fuckin nightmarish sounds 😅
The Headless Horseman is another great Disney villain
To do this in an old cartoon how great.
2:51 HERE HE COMES!
Oh wow! I never caught that before! I wondered on and off if that noise was saying something. LOL Very observant!
AishaVonFossen That moment is when everything seems to go south 😂
@@Mephileshomer Yep, pretty much. LOL
AishaVonFossen not to mention the crickets at 2:17 cricketing Ichabod and the Toad/Frog croaking Headless Horseman And Uh-Oh a Little afterwards at 2:31, as well as the crow crowing BEWARE! at 3:14 sets up for a great atmosphere, especially how it is plays and terrifies Ichabod both mentally and emotionally.
@@Mephileshomer Indeed! This scene is just brilliant. LOL
I wonder what my parents were thinking when getting me this as my first cartoon movie. Nothing has been able to scare me due to this.
I am re watching 👀 it like after 30 years, just to see how's the experience like in adult self.
I dare you to watch this at night with the lights off. I triple dog dare you. Plus if I was him, I’d have slept outside that place with the horse tied to a tree and waited for morning.
It could’ve been more scarier than this like it could have some thunder, some very scary faces on trees and some glowing red eyes in the darkness. That would be more terrifying for poor Ichabod before he gets chased by the Headless Horseman.
Ichabod did try to find his way home on Halloween night but then he did hear some scary noises in the woods and then he got chased by the Headless Horseman when he got to the church bridge. It’s one amazing ghost story that took place where I went to and that is SLEEPY HOLLOW!!!!! 🎃🗡🐎😱
I always suspected brom bones was the headless horseman.
I’ve wondered that too, but his horse looks a little smaller than the Horseman’s. Not to mention ghosts would most likely be more able to ride a horse bareback without falling off
@@shanerose7204 But then again Brom Bones is the best horse-rider for miles around. Then again that's what keeps the story interesting, was it just a prank that scared him off - remember the reports that he was alive living somewhere else - or was he actually spirited away. The people who lived in Sleepy Hollow heard that he'd settled down in another town far away and a few people were suspicious of Brom from his behaviour, but they choose to listen to the old wives and the stories they tell and basically turned Ichabod Crane into another local story.
I don't think so. The horseman was actually trying to behead Ichabod. If he hadn't ducked, he would have lost his head EVERY swing. Brom Bones is more of a bully/prankster than anything.
Well in the live action movie they say he was a German Hessian who got his head shot off or hacked off
This part is scarier than his encounter with the headless horseman
🎃 Halloween 2021 anyone? 🎃
Fun Fact: In the book, it says that he would sing old songs from church songs
Classic part
Strangely enough,the swirling clouds surrounding a full moon can really happen and can scare anyone easily especially if the night is dead quiet and said person has an over active imagination
In the UK I had this on VHS and it was rated as 'U' (universally suitable for all).
I loved this as a kid, watched it a lot - but this should be PG rated at least! The horseman scene and general creepiness of this short could have terrified and traumatised many children. No hating coz I loved this.
1:07 is literally the most terrifying image I've ever seen from Disney movie. Imagine walking alone at night only to look up at the sky to see that shit!
The owl scared the crap out of me and my sister when we were kids.
I just turned 28 this shit is still nightmare fuel. Why am I watching this
No way would I be going through this forest at night, unless I was in my car with the high beams on
Nothing in my whole life has ever scared me like this.... I'm 30. Now and I cry tears of sentiment. Wow!!!! Nothing like things the way they were. I grew up in the wrong time. Still sooo scary. Whenever I'm horseback riding how can I not think about this!!!!!!
I remember looking at this cartoon as a kid and I still look at it still come on
Man I was scared of this when I was young .
Awesome
I might be guilty of downplaying this but, I think that this is the very best build up in movie history
nightmare fuel!
Literally. LOL
My brother told me that 3:00am is the witching hour of night.
Can we all appreciate the tongue sound effect at 1:50. That’s craftsmanship.
What that sound effect came from
What kind of sound ichabod horse giyiup
1:51
Earlier in the film Ichabod was able to catch up to Brom Bones on a horse. Why didn't he do it when he got attacked by Headless Bones? LOL!
Oh yeah! I never thought of that before! LOL
It might not have been Brom Bones. The headless horseman may have actually been real.
I refuse to believe that is a real ghost. Besides, my point is that earlier he was able to outrun a horse on his own two feet, so why not here?@@princenoah21
@@rickyrehbein9241 Because cartoon logic?
Am I not the only one who thinks Plutos screams were used for Ichabod?
Because it was.
Pinto covig provided Ichabod's screams of pure terror 😅
This isWesome
I love this movie.
But the app I have doesn't have it🤷🏾😲😥😣
K E N N E D Y D RUclips offers the whole cartoon for $2.99
Well, I guess being alone often can be surprising once you hit the wham scene
If this was a full feature movie with 60 minutes or a little more, this would have been the scariest animated movies of all time. Just the build up, atmosphere and the revealing alone, makes the ending so terrifying
Passing through a dirt road at night time in Mexico…
3:11 he sounds like Pluto!
1:09 Anyone else notice those clouds look like hands?
The sounds and noises were creepy as hell
Washington Irving wrote this story in 1820 based on an American legend.
I'm watching this part and the Headless Horseman chase on light off, to try my fear-o-meter.
2:27 Headless Horseman warning
Sounds like the frog is saying Headless Horseman 2:28
That's because it IS. It's warning him of danger approaching him.
I would love to own this movie and add it to my video tape collection Disney needs to put it out on DVD so people that grew up on it could watch it again and all those other ones that they have a video tape that you can't get re release date on DVD as well
Well this is a terrifying scene
It couldn't have been brom coz in the song he says he met the horseman a year ago so who's or what's chasing Ichabod I bet it was one of the townsfolk dressed as the horseman
Anyone realized how he sits on the horse?
He hired the horse to make himself look gallant because he sees himself as a chevalier gentleman, instead he looked like what he really is - a fool.
Does anybody know the name of the peppy song that the little orchestra plays when Ichabod is dancing with the chubby lady at the Halloween party? It's an old colonial dance tune and that's all that I know. Thanks
Ichabod Crane screams just like Pluto from Mickey Mouse!
I don't recommend watching this scene on acid.