[Kristin Hunt](/columnists/Kristin+Hunt)  
11/29/2008

Recent setbacks have prompted the crew to wonder if a poltergeist is in their midst.

Guy Ritchie's *Sherlock Holmes* may be able to claim commonalities with *The Omen*, *Rosemary's Baby* and *Superman*. Reports allege that the set may be cursed.  
  
The rumors started when star Robert Downey, Jr. was knocked out while filming a fight scene with a seven-foot wrestler. A source said, "Robert was accidentally caught on the chin by a thundering hook. He went flying and was out cold."  
  
He later received six stitches in his mouth from a nurse on set at Chatham dockyard in Kent.  
  
According to the UK paper, the *Sun*, this was only the beginning of the movie's filming woes. Yesterday, a loaded petrol tanker burst into flames during a delivery to the set, prompting the shoot to halt for about two hours.  
  
"There have been lots of other problems too," the source said. "The crew have started joking about the curse of Sherlock Holmes."