Continuity mistake: We are told that the horseman's sword cauterises the wounds it makes. Earlier on in the film, however, the cuts cause squirts of blood to fly into the air, such as when the scarecrow is sprayed with blood. (00:03:40)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
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Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Jeffrey Jones, Casper Van Dien, Richard Griffiths, Michael Gough, Ian McDiarmid
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Ichabod Crane: Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
Trivia: Christopher Walken doesn't speak a single word in the entire course of the movie.
Answer: It may have been because she was a widow. I'm not sure, but it was possibly frowned upon at the time.
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The widow was pregnant with Van Garett's child.