United Kingdom, Nov. 7 -- Guillermo del Toro heard "an entire murder" play out during a ghostly encounter.

The Frankenstein filmmaker has always requested the "haunted room" when he stays in hotels but has had few supernatural experiences, though he found himself in a scary situation while staying at the Waitomo Caves Hotel, a place notorious for unexplained happenings, on New Zealand's North Island.

Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Guillermo - who was originally set to direct The Hobbit movies but exited due to ongoing delays - said: "I have heard [a ghost] twice.

"The second time was very dramatic. We were scouting for The Hobbit in an empty hotel in Waitomo, the Waitomo Hotel. Every hotel I go, I know the haunted room. I say, 'Can you...