Memoires of a Chamber Maid (1987)

Amy Rogers is a romance novelist, searching for an inspirational location to rent in order to complete her latest novel. Her search leads to an old Victorian mansion filled with dust and cobwebs. While cleaning, she comes across a mysterious looking doorway, which leads to an unused attic. Exploring the attic, she finds a diary entitled "The Personal Memoirs of Molly Mae," dated 1887. She begins to read and becomes fascinated, eventually becoming obsessed with the characters in the diary. Her obsession leads to strange and mystical experiences as she begins to physically feel the emotions of the writer Molly Mae. Molly Mae, Jason, her lover, and his family, the Cromwells, magically take form and ultimately absorb Amy into their existence. As Amy falls in love with Jason, the viewer is compelled to discern what is fantasy and what is reality in this tender love story.