The Hollow (2004 film)

The Hollow
Directed by	Kyle Newman
Produced by	Daniel Levin Mason Novick
Written by	Hans Rodionoff
Starring	Kevin Zegers Kaley Cuoco Nick Carter Stacy Keach
Music by	Todd Haberman
Cinematography	Scott Kevan
Edited by	Brian Anton
Production company	Platform Entertainment Seed Productions (II)
Distributed by	ABC Family Audio Visual Enterprises DEJ Productions Eagle Entertainment First Look Home Entertainment Home Entertainment Corporation PLC ITV LNK Filmes Laptv Lightning Entertainment MPA Limited Menara Media New World Pictures Paradiso/MS Trading Prooptiki Quality Films SAV Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment Universal Home Video e-m-s the DVD-Company
Release date	August 25, 2004 (Spain) October 24, 2004 (USA) October 25, 2004 (UK) May 4, 2005 (Russia) January 18, 2006 (Italy)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$900,000 (estimated)

The Hollow is a 2004 teen horror film, starring Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter and Stacy Keach. The film premiered on the ABC Family Channel, on October 24, 2004.

The Hollow tells the story of Ian Cranston, a high school teen who has just found out he is the descendant of Ichabod Crane. 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 Headless Horseman.

When it premiered in October 2004 on ABC Family channel 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 liaison 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.

Another version of The Hollow has been shown on the Syfy Channel. This version is sparingly cut and remains almost completely intact.