Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...

EXT. WOODEN BUNKER -- DUSK
A strange WOODEN BUNKER, like a small fortress with a HUGE BELL
mounted on top, sits in a field. SEVERAL DIRT FARMERS are gathered,
all with rifles.
Ichabod stops as he walks, looking at this...
A boy, YOUNG MASBATH, aged 10, comes to the Designated Rifleman,
JONATHAN MASBATH, with food and drink, i.e., a picnic tied up in cloth
and a stone bottle of beer. Masbath Senior takes the picnic and gives
Young Masbath an affectionate pat. He smiles confidently.
MASBATH SENIOR
Don't worry, son.
One farmer comes to lead Young Masbath away as Jonathan heads into the
BUNKER, taking several rifles.
In front of the BUNKER, across a field, other dirt farmers light TORCH
POSTS in a line along the forest edge.
Ichabod ponders this as he trudges along...
EXT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE -- DUSK
Ahead on a hill: the grand Van Tassel MANOR HOUSE, windows aglow.
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EXT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, FRONT DOOR -- NIGHT
Ichabod puts down his bags (a suitcase and a leather box-bag) but
keeps his satchel.
JACK-O'-LANTERNS glow on the porch.
A KISSING COUPLE are lustfully busy in a dark corner of the porch. The
woman is a pretty servant, SARAH. The man we will know as DOCTOR
LANCASTER.
Ichabod almost blunders into them, causing a little panic and
embarrassment, in which Ichabod shares, and as he mumbles apologies
and opens the door, a shaft of light identifies the couple for our
further reference.
The open door reveals the MAIN HALL and FOYER...
There's a harvest party in progress. PEOPLE are gathered. QUIET MUSIC
is HEARD from elsewhere.
INT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, SITTING ROOM -- NIGHT
Ichabod opens a door. MEN and WOMEN eat and drink, talking quietly in
groups. Ichabod looks around, daunted, tentatively makes his way...
Ichabod bumps into a few people, excusing himself. He mops his sweaty
brow, finds a pretty girl.
ICHABOD
Pardon my intrusion, I seek Baltus
Van Tassel but --
GIRL
In the parlor, sir, further on.
Ichabod thanks her, continues...
Ahead, CHILDREN, YOUNG MEN and LADIES in a circle taunt a BLINDFOLDED
YOUNG WOMAN spun around by the handsome, barrel-chested man, BROM VAN
BRUNT. Brom releases the woman. Everyone quiets, avoiding her
searching hands.
The Blindfolded Woman circles slowly, chanting a REFRAIN that makes
the CHILDREN and even some of the younger WOMEN shiver with
pleasurable fright. They giggle nervously and hush each other up.
BLINDFOLDED WOMAN
"The Pickety Witch, the Pickety
Witch, who's got a kiss for the
pickety witch?"
She makes a lunge, grabbing empty air, just missing BROM; everyone
moans humorously. Doctor Lancaster slips back into the party, and
Sarah likewise.
Ichabod is trying to pass through to reach the farther door... and on
the NEXT REFRAIN finds himself caught by the Blindfolded Woman.
Everyone stays quiet, that's the game, but of course everyone is also