''The Hollow'' is a 2004

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, starring

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, Nick Carter and

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. The film premiered on the

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channel, on October 24, 2004.

Plot

''The Hollow'' tells the story of Ian Cranston, a high school teen who has just found out he is the descendant of

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. With the help of his girlfriend Karen, a local bully named Brody, and the old cemetery caretaker Claus Van Ripper, Ian now must stop the newly resurrected

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Cast

as Ian Cranston *

as Karen * Nick Carter as Brody * Ben Scott as the

as Claus Van Ripper *

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as Carl Cranston *

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as Helen Cranston *

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as Sheriff Duncan *

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as Joan Van Etten *

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as Scott * Shelley Bennett as Erica * Melissa Schuman as Amber *

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as Marcus *

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as Nancy Worthen * Blake Shields as Rob

Alternate versions

When it premiered in October 2004 on

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''The Hollow'' was trimmed slightly to eliminate the violence of the Headless Horseman's attacks, and several of the lines had to be re-dubbed to eliminate promiscuous references and graphic profanity. The entire sequence of Rob and Erica's

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and attack had several different cuts. Rob's severed head was also edited out of frame. The deaths of Erica, Sheriff Duncan, and Marcus were toned down slightly eliminating their bodies' blood flow, but leaving the sound of the Horseman's sword slashing at their throats. Karen's discovery of all the severed heads also had an alternate shot to not show the gore dripping from them.

2015 Movie

Another movie named ''The Hollow '' has been shown on the

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. This movie is not a remake, and has a completely different plot.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollow, The 2004 films 2004 horror films American teen horror films ABC Family original films Films based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Films directed by Kyle Newman Films produced by Mason Novick Halloween horror films 2000s American films