History Film / HeadlessHorseman

* BearTrap: A bear trap buried in the road shreds the tyres of the teens' van. They later discover the woods are lined with bear traps to stop the sacrifices escaping. Tiffany falls on one and is decapitated.

* CarFu: Candy runs over Pa Rusk with the tow truck when he tries to stop he leaving town.

* CombatTentacles: When the HeadlessHorseman's head is starting to reform, it initally manifests as a writhing mass of tendril which Headless uses to grab hold of Ava.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Candy, who decides that she has had had enough of Wormwood's murdering ways and helps the teens escape on the proviso that they take her with them. It is also revealed that she is the only person in town who is not a descendant of Calvin Montgomery.

* EpicFlail: When the teens are attempting to escape through the woods, Headless attacks them from horseback wielding a morningstar. He knocks down Tiffany who falls on a BearTrap and [[OffWithHerHead is decapitated]].

* HillbillyHorrors: A van full of teenagers stumble into Wormwood Ridge: a TownWithADarkSecret [[SavageSouth south of the Mason-Dixon line]] that is not marked on the maps. The town is populated entirely by the descendants of a child-murdering Satan worshiper, and has suffered from considerable inbreeding. Every seven years they lure in sacrifices for the Headless Horseman to keep the [[DealWithTheDevil bargain with Hell]] intact.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Nash grabs Sheriff Otis's gun out of his holster and points out the sheriff. When the sheriff draws his back-up piece, Nash pulls the trigger several times only for nothing to happen. Otis then points out that the revolver is a single-action and that it has to be cocked before it will fire.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Lizzie extracts the information the group needs from Kolchak by hitting him in the knee with hammer till he tells them what they want to know.

* PunkInTheTrunk: Seth attempts to hide from the Horseman in the trunk of a junked car. Unfortunately he keeps his head out, so the Horseman jumps on the trunk, causing it to close and decapitate him.

* ShortcutsMakeLongDelays: Seth, at Tiffany's urging, decides to take shortcut to Halloween party along a road that is not on the GPS, claiming it will knock two hours of their journey. Instead, it gets them stranded in Wormwood Ridge, a TownWithADarkSecret.
* SinisterScythe: When Liam attacks Headless with the holy sword, Headless defends himself wielding a pair of sickles.

* SuggestiveCollision: When the van blows a tyre and runs off the road, Liam and Ava are thrown off the seat and end up lying on top of each other. They both comment, awkwardly, on this situation.

* WhenThePlanetsAlign: The Horseman rises once every seven years on all Hallows Eve when the entirety of the constellation Hydra is visible in the sky.
* WouldHurtAChild: Calvin Montgomery was a child murdering Satan worshiper before being killed and resurrected as the HeadlessHorseman.

* AnAxeToGrind: Doc uses an axe to cut Ava free when she is grabbed by the tendrils sprouting from Headless's neck during the fight in the general store. Headless later uses the same axe to [[OffWithHisHead chop off Doc's head]].

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Candy, who enters the picture by stepping out of a tow truck wearing extremely short Daisy Dukes and a halter top.

* HillbillyHorrors: A van full of teenagers stumble into Wormwood Ridge: a TownwithAdarkSecret [[SavageSouth south of the Mason-Dixon line]] that is not marked on the maps. The town is populated entirely by the descendants of a child-murdering Satan worshiper, and has suffered from considerable inbreeding. Every seven years they lure in sacrifices for the Headless Horseman to keep the [[DealWithTheDevil bargain with Hell]] intact.

''Headless Horseman'' is a film that aired on the Sci Fi Channel in October 27, 2007, based on the legend of the Headless Horseman. The movie takes the tack that the Creator/WashingtonIrving story was the "white-washed" version and the events in this horror film is the real story. It stars Richard Moll and Billy Aaron Brown and is directed by Anthony C. Ferrante.

** Nash tries to run Headless down with the teens' car, resulting in Headless leaping over the car and decapitating him in mid-air in his most badass kill.

** One of the teens tries to run Headless down with his car, resulting in Headless leaping over the car and decapitating him in mid-air in his most badass kill.

* BearTrap: A bear trap buried in the road shreds the tyres of the teens' van. They later discover the woods are lined with bear traps to stop the sacrifices escaping. Tiffany is falls on one and is decapitated.

* HeadlessHorseman: Every seven years, Calvin Montgomery raises from the grave on Halloween as a HeadlessHorseman.

* BadassPreacher: Calvin Montgomery (the man who would later be resurrected as the HeadlessHorseman) was a child murdering Satan worshiper. He was finally taken down by priest who took Calvin's sword, doused it in holy water, and used it to kill him.

* TwangHello: Headless announces his presence at one point by through the radio Liam is holding in his hand and pinning it to a tree.

* CavalryBetrayal: While trying to escape Wormwood Ridge, the teens flag down the sheriff's cruiser. Sheriff Otis invites them in and promises to get them to safety. However, he is art of the conspiracy and goes to deliver them back to town.

* CavlaryBetryal: While trying to escape Wormwood Ridge, the teens flag down the sheriff's cruiser. Sheriff Otis invites them in and promises to get them to safety. However, he is art of the conspiracy and goes to deliver them back to town.