Thor: The Dark World is even better than the first film because that core relationship between Thor and Loki is still there and is still as convincing as before, but all the other bits and pieces are much improved.
As the title suggests, the evil mercenaries are after the Lesser Key of Solomon, which unlocks a demonic prison that will unleash twenty three super-demons into Sleepy Hollow.
Dr. Samuel Loomis has no real rival in horror film history and the performances by Donald Pleasence were always nuanced, playful, tragic, and real, elevating whatever miserable excuse for a script he was handed into something magical.
"For the Triumph of Evil" rushes into its 'Monster-of-the-week' formula, forcing major character development without the time it would usually take to attain it.
The use of the constant rain and the flooding of the area as thematic elements never gets heavy-handed and enhances the beauty of the landscape rising up around these characters.
By the end of these episodes, you have your two protagonists, Ichabod Crane, and Abby Mills, realizing that the events from the Book of Revelations have started to happen, and the Headless Horseman is just the beginning.
