i don’t have much to go on…a movie that created the same memory for my twin sister and i. only many years later did we realize that we had both been frightened and traumatized by this same scene from a movie. we were born in 1951, so the movie was probably 1958?? 60?? or a little later. she remembers color, i remember it in black and white. a large fireplace…perhaps a hidden entrance. but the maids back started on fire…burning while running from the room, screaming… that’s it. can anyone help us??
Was the movie set in modern times or earlier? Anyone in the room when the maid’s back caught on fire? Any details will help narrow down the choices. I seem to remember a movie set in victorian England with kids and some evil influence where bad things started happening to the domestic staff, but I may be going in entirely the wrong direction.
You need a movie title?
Okay, how about Dead By Morning ? I don’t know of any movie yet made that’s used that title. (Dead By Dawn is already used, but Dead By Morning looks like it’s still free for the taking.)
We can sell it to a big studio and get Julia Roberts to star in it. It’ll be stupendous! Colossal! Magnificent! Call my agent right away!
Was it Maid to Order with Ally Sheedy? Oh wait - I think the scene you describe only happened in my mind while watching it…