
Numerous references to other Tim Burton films:
a) Michael Gough, who plays the butler Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films, is in the cast as Notary James Hardenbrook.
b) The dress Katrina Anne Van Tassel wears at the end is similar to Beetlejuice's outfit.
c) Crane has various sharp scissor-like tools, which is a reference to Johnny Depp's early film "Edward Scissorhands" (1989).
d) The climb up the windmill at the end was very reminiscent of the climb up Gotham Tower at the end of "Batman" (1989).
e) The scarecrow at the beginning looks exactly like Jack from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1994).
f) The second victim (first being the stagecoach driver) in the beginning is played by Marin Landau, who played Bela Lugosi alongside Johnny Depp in "Ed Wood" (1998).
g) The characters in "Beetlejuice" (1988), the butler and the father, are both in "Sleepy Hollow."
h)The covered bridge is a lot like the bridge in "Beetlejuice."