‘The atmosphere in the room is oppressive’: Guillermo del Toro shares his haunted hotel experience on X

Spooky season is nearly upon us, and no one likes the spookies more than director Guillermo del Toro, helmer of Pan’s Labyrinth, Shape of Water, and (Oscar winner for) that cool stop-motion Pinocchio. 

On brand, the director is currently in Aberdeen, Scotland, filming an adaptation of Frankenstein. (I know—I was surprised he hadn’t already done this, too.) 

What's up with Guillermo del Toro staying in a haunted hotel?

Even more on brand, del Toro has apparently decided to stay in what he refers to as the “most haunted room” at his hotel. Evidently, one of the film’s producers had stayed in the room but checked out after some “odd” occurrences.

Thus, del Toro had to do the most him thing ever and check in to it himself, documenting the experience on X. Guillermo, no good will come of this! 

“If anything happens, I will report,” del Toro posted on Tuesday. Good lord, if that ain’t the most “last tweet ever” post I’ve ever seen. Fear not, though, because del Toro gave an update the next day that he’s not actually sleeping in the room in order to stay fresh for long shooting days. 

Hmmm, does it count as “staying in a haunted hotel room” then, Mo? Methinks not really. By that logic, I’m technically “staying” in my local CVS. 

Okay, okay–that sounds slightly concerning. Angry ghosts are, I’m told, not ideal. However, in the next post, del Toro provides us with photographic evidence of the fabled “Room #4” and yeah, that thang looks haunted as hellllll. 

Del Toro proceeded to post a mirror photo, where it very much looks like the room is haunted…by him.

Do we have a Sixth Sense situation on our hands here? 

Del Toro decides to take matters into his own hands by trying to download an EVP on his phone and do some amateur ghost-hunting himself. 

However, the saga seems to have birthed no actual ghostly evidence. 

As of today, Guillermo’s last word on the topic was a slight epilogue. 

So, it seems del Toro survived the ghostly ordeal, though who knows if that would have been different had he spent more than, like, 15 minutes in there at a time. Book it for real next time, GDT!

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