Guillermo del Toro describes his stay in a haunted hotel during the filming of “Frankenstein”

Guillermo del Toro usually tends towards the macabre, but a spooky stay in a haunted hotel has thrown him off track.

The Shape of Water The filmmaker shared chilling details earlier this week about his stay in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he is filming his new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. “I’m staying in an old 19th century hotel,” del Toro wrote on social media on Tuesday, explaining that he would be moving into the house’s “most haunted room” – “which was vacated this morning by one of our producers.” The director said the producer had reported “strange electrical and physical” occurrences in the room.

For those wondering why del Toro would voluntarily move into a haunted house, he clarified: “I always stay in the ‘most haunted rooms,'” even though he has only experienced supernatural phenomena once in the past. “The rest of the time: nothing. I have high hopes.”

In a later update, del Toro said that nothing particularly scary had happened so far, “but the atmosphere in the room is oppressive and I won’t be spending much more time there.” The filmmaker admitted that he was too another room so he could rest. “I kept (the room) but I sleep in a different room – I need 6 hours of sleep to have a good day of shooting – I’m there early and late in the day – but there’s something about me in that room.”

Del Toro reiterated that the room seems truly evil. “There’s more to the room than just vibes,” he said. “There’s something angry and territorial. A hint of rage.” He also shared a photo of himself in the room with the caption, “Trying to do an EVP with my iPhone.” (For those who don’t know anything about ghost hunting, an EVP is an electronic voice phenomenon – mysterious, possibly supernatural voices that appear on audio recordings.)

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Elsewhere in the thread, del Toro explained his affection for the British Isles. “I love Scotland – and even though my connection is not blood, I feel a connection to it,” he wrote. “My mother’s family line goes back to Ireland – the O’Colligan family. My grandfather (who I am named after) was Guillermo Gomez O’Colligan.”

Del Toro’s fascination with the supernatural is evident in almost all of his works. Over the course of his three-decade career, the three-time Oscar winner has portrayed vampires (Chronos, Blade II), Ghosts (The Devil’s Backbone, Purple Peak, Pinocchio), genetic changes (Imitation), extradimensional creatures (Hellboy, Pacific Rim) and inexplicable monsters that defy categorization (Pan’s Labyrinth, Shape of Water – The Secret of Water).

The filmmaker Frankenstein In the Netflix project, Oscar Isaac plays the eponymous scientist and Jacob Elordi plays his tormented creation. Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Felix Kammerer complete the supporting cast. Del Toro’s Shelley adaptation is not to be confused with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second directorial project. The bridea reinterpretation of the horror classic from the 1930s Bride of Frankenstein with Jessie Buckley as the bride and Christian Bale as “Frank”.