In that sense, they’re less menacing than the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. In 1778, German poet Gottfried August Bürger[f] wrote the poem “Der Wilde Jäger,” aka “The Wild Huntsman.” ...

I WOULD SAY HE’S THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN GHOST STORY WRITER. THE GHOST OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN IS A HESSIAN TROOPER WHOSE HEAD WAS BLOWN OFF IN A WESTCHESTER BATTLE, AND WHO HAS COME BACK IN ...

Tim Burton offers a spooky aesthetic, but he doesn't generally make horror movies. That makes the scariest five minutes of ...