title: The Hollow (2004 film)
text: # The Hollow (2004 film)
  
  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.
  
  ## Plot
  
  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.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kevin Zegers as Ian Cranston
  * Kaley Cuoco as Karen
  * Nick Carter as Brody
  * Ben Scott as the Headless Horseman
  * Stacy Keach as Claus Van Ripper
  * Judge Reinhold as Carl Cranston
  * Lisa Chess as Helen Cranston
  * Nicholas Turturro as Sheriff Duncan
  * Eileen Brennan as Joan Van Etten
  * Joseph Mazzello as Scott
  * Shelley Bennett as Erica
  * Melissa Schuman as Amber
  * Zen Gesner as Marcus
  * Natalia Nogulich as Nancy Worthen
  * Blake Shields as Rob
  
  ## Alternate versions
  
  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.
  
  ## 2015 film
  
  In 2015, another film named The Hollow was released on the Syfy Channel. This film is not a remake, and has a completely different plot.
  
  